Commander

Child of Alara

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

294 Wins

713 Losses

Overview

Summary

Child of Alara is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,020 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (294–713) at an Elo of 1,441, ranking #4363 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1105246 damage dealt and 0.43 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Sep 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 1020 recorded Playgroup games (294 wins, 713 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: 14 days.

How many decks use Child of Alara?

566 decks list Child of Alara as their commander on Playgroup, of which 292 have played at least one recorded game.

Child of Alara Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4363

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1441

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1105246

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.43

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 566

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 292

No. games played with this commander 1020

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1662	asian_fister3000	20	11	55 %
2	1615	LemonBear22	5	4	80 %
3	1615	Calendal	3	3	100 %
4	1555	Bobbi_Wasabi	8	3	38 %
5	1543	Sam Day	5	2	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Child of Alara wins, 42.86% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

42.86%

Combat

32.94%

Non Combat Damage

8.73%

Commander Damage

7.54%

Combo

6.35%

Mill

1.59%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 302 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.

+14.4 pp

Top card: Sylvan Scrying

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sylvan Scrying 77 games	+14.4 pp	77
2	Nasty End 63 games	+13.4 pp	63
3	Maze's End 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
4	Dimir Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
5	Orzhov Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
6	Boros Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
7	Selesnya Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
8	Izzet Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
9	Gruul Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68
10	Golgari Guildgate 68 games	+9.7 pp	68

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Simic Guildgate 69 games	+8.8 pp	69
12	Crop Rotation 60 games	+7.8 pp	60
13	Circuitous Route 61 games	+7.0 pp	61
14	Gond Gate 62 games	+6.5 pp	62
15	Citadel Gate 59 games	+6.3 pp	59

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 33.33% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.33% n=321

Seat 2

31.89% n=301

Seat 3

24.89% n=229

Seat 4

20.0% n=160

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 28.98% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.98% n=566

1 mulligan

32.08% n=159

2 mulligans

24.49% n=49

3 mulligans

9.09% n=11

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

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 741 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Child of Alara wins, opponents flag the game as salty 75.8% of the time across 302 tracked wins.

75.8 \%

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.