Commander

Child of Alara

Global commander stats

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285 Wins

683 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Child of Alara is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 977 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (285–683) at an Elo of 1,529, ranking #1453 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1174777 damage dealt and 0.44 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 977 recorded Playgroup games (285 wins, 683 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?

551 decks list Child of Alara as their commander on Playgroup, of which 276 have played at least one recorded game.

Child of Alara Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1453

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1529

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1174777

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.44

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 551

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 276

No. games played with this commander 977

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1694	asian_fister3000	18	11	61 %
2	1615	Calendal	3	3	100 %
3	1570	LemonBear22	2	2	100 %
4	1543	Sam Day	5	2	40 %
5	1537	Wedgi	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Child of Alara wins, 42.56% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

42.56%

Combat

33.88%

Non Combat Damage

8.68%

Combo

6.61%

Commander Damage

6.61%

Mill

1.65%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 292 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.

+21.6 pp

Top card: Nasty End

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Nasty End 49 games	+21.6 pp	49
2	Azorius Guildgate 45 games	+13.9 pp	45
3	Basilisk Gate 45 games	+13.7 pp	45
4	Sylvan Scrying 59 games	+12.7 pp	59
5	Crop Rotation 52 games	+12.3 pp	52
6	Hour of Promise 44 games	+11.7 pp	44
7	Growth Spiral 46 games	+11.6 pp	46
8	Open the Gates 48 games	+9.8 pp	48
9	Navigation Orb 46 games	+8.7 pp	46
10	Heap Gate 49 games	+8.5 pp	49

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Rakdos Guildgate 49 games	+8.5 pp	49
12	Maze's End 49 games	+8.5 pp	49
13	Dimir Guildgate 49 games	+8.5 pp	49
14	Orzhov Guildgate 49 games	+8.5 pp	49
15	Boros Guildgate 49 games	+8.5 pp	49

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 35.23% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.23% n=281

Seat 2

32.21% n=267

Seat 3

26.5% n=200

Seat 4

16.67% n=144

Seat 5

16.22% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Child of Alara wins 29.19% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.19% n=555

1 mulligan

32.62% n=141

2 mulligans

23.91% n=46

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 3.6/5 on average, across 707 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Child of Alara wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.1% of the time across 290 tracked wins.

74.1 \%

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.