Commander

Child of Alara

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

353 Wins

873 Losses

Overview

Summary

Child of Alara is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,242 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (353–873) at an Elo of 1,522, ranking #1671 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 2541671 damage dealt and 0.41 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Child of Alara's win rate?

Child of Alara has a 28% win rate across 1242 recorded Playgroup games (353 wins, 873 losses).

How long do winning games with Child of Alara take?

Wins with Child of Alara take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 28 days.

How many decks use Child of Alara?

713 decks list Child of Alara as their commander on Playgroup, of which 388 have played at least one recorded game.

Child of Alara Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1671

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1522

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 2541671

Average commander damage per game 2328388

Average poison counters given per game 8

Average kills per game 0.41

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 713

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 388

No. games played with this commander 1242

Total hours played 28 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1623	LemonBear22	6	5	83 %
2	1615	Calendal	3	3	100 %
3	1615	asian_fister3000	23	11	48 %
4	1573	Pasqui	2	2	100 %
5	1548	VerdantChaos	6	2	42 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Child of Alara wins, 41.61% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

41.61%

Combat

33.57%

Non Combat Damage

8.74%

Commander Damage

7.69%

Combo

6.99%

Mill

1.4%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 356 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Child of Alara

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Child of Alara decks that leave them out.

+13.3 pp

Top card: Sylvan Scrying

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sylvan Scrying 140 games	+13.3 pp	140
2	Splendid Reclamation 71 games	+11.2 pp	71
3	Maze's End 119 games	+11.0 pp	119
4	Deadly Dispute 46 games	+10.7 pp	46
5	Open the Way 72 games	+10.0 pp	72
6	Tatyova, Benthic Druid 89 games	+10.0 pp	89
7	Growth Spiral 105 games	+9.9 pp	105
8	Nasty End 116 games	+9.9 pp	116
9	Sage of the Maze 81 games	+9.2 pp	81
10	Explore 96 games	+8.3 pp	96

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Crop Rotation 112 games	+8.3 pp	112
12	Izzet Guildgate 120 games	+8.2 pp	120
13	Navigation Orb 94 games	+7.8 pp	94
14	Gateway Plaza 105 games	+7.7 pp	105
15	Gond Gate 113 games	+7.4 pp	113

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Child of Alara wins 34.31% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.31% n=376

Seat 2

30.91% n=372

Seat 3

24.38% n=281

Seat 4

19.15% n=188

Seat 5

18.42% n=38

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Child of Alara wins 29.21% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.21% n=623

1 mulligan

31.69% n=183

2 mulligans

22.22% n=63

3 mulligans

8.33% n=12

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Child of Alara 3.59/5 on average, across 824 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Child of Alara wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.8% of the time across 357 tracked wins.

37.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Child of Alara. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.