Commander

Child of Alara

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

312 Wins

743 Losses

Overview

Summary

Child of Alara is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,073 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (312–743) at an Elo of 1,553, ranking #1081 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1056317 damage dealt and 0.43 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Child of Alara's win rate?

Child of Alara has a 29% win rate across 1073 recorded Playgroup games (312 wins, 743 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: 27 days.

How many decks use Child of Alara?

601 decks list Child of Alara as their commander on Playgroup, of which 318 have played at least one recorded game.

Child of Alara Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1081

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1553

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1056317

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.43

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 601

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 318

No. games played with this commander 1073

Total hours played 27 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1662	asian_fister3000	20	11	55 %
2	1623	LemonBear22	6	5	83 %
3	1615	Calendal	3	3	100 %
4	1573	Pasqui	2	2	100 %
5	1562	VerdantChaos	5	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Child of Alara wins, 42.15% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

42.15%

Combat

33.33%

Non Combat Damage

9.2%

Commander Damage

7.28%

Combo

6.51%

Mill

1.53%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 317 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.

+11.7 pp

Top card: Sylvan Scrying

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sylvan Scrying 102 games	+11.7 pp	102
2	Nasty End 72 games	+9.7 pp	72
3	Maze's End 93 games	+8.5 pp	93
4	Sage of the Maze 68 games	+7.4 pp	68
5	Boros Guildgate 89 games	+6.6 pp	89
6	Selesnya Guildgate 89 games	+6.6 pp	89
7	Gruul Guildgate 89 games	+6.6 pp	89
8	Tatyova, Benthic Druid 69 games	+6.5 pp	69
9	Gateway Plaza 77 games	+6.2 pp	77
10	Orzhov Guildgate 90 games	+5.9 pp	90

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Izzet Guildgate 90 games	+5.9 pp	90
12	Dimir Guildgate 76 games	+5.9 pp	76
13	Golgari Guildgate 76 games	+5.9 pp	76
14	Dryad of the Ilysian Grove 63 games	+5.9 pp	63
15	Exotic Orchard 84 games	+5.8 pp	84

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 33.48% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.48% n=336

Seat 2

31.76% n=318

Seat 3

25.0% n=244

Seat 4

20.73% n=164

Seat 5

18.92% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Child of Alara wins 29.33% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.33% n=583

1 mulligan

31.71% n=164

2 mulligans

25.0% n=52

3 mulligans

8.33% n=12

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

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 761 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Child of Alara wins, opponents flag the game as salty 76.6% of the time across 316 tracked wins.

76.6 \%

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.