Commander

Child of Alara

Global commander stats

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265 Wins

654 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Child of Alara is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 923 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (265–654) at an Elo of 1,564, ranking #923 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1246368 damage dealt and 0.44 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 923 recorded Playgroup games (265 wins, 654 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: 13 days.

How many decks use Child of Alara?

508 decks list Child of Alara as their commander on Playgroup, of which 258 have played at least one recorded game.

Child of Alara Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

923

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1564

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1246368

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 508

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 258

No. games played with this commander 923

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1615	Calendal	3	3	100 %
2	1550	Wedgi	3	2	67 %
3	1543	Sam Day	5	2	40 %
4	1508	Numoth	2	1	50 %
5	1504	Trashhpanduh	5	2	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Child of Alara wins, 38.84% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

38.84%

Combat

35.71%

Non Combat Damage

9.38%

Combo

7.14%

Commander Damage

7.14%

Mill

1.79%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 272 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.

+17.6 pp

Top card: Nasty End

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Nasty End 35 games	+17.6 pp	35
2	Azorius Guildgate 30 games	+13.1 pp	30
3	Basilisk Gate 30 games	+12.4 pp	30
4	Sylvan Scrying 46 games	+10.6 pp	46
5	Exotic Orchard 34 games	+8.7 pp	34
6	Crop Rotation 39 games	+7.6 pp	39
7	Open the Gates 33 games	+7.6 pp	33
8	Hour of Promise 31 games	+6.4 pp	31
9	Navigation Orb 31 games	+5.9 pp	31
10	Heap Gate 34 games	+5.5 pp	34

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Rakdos Guildgate 34 games	+5.5 pp	34
12	Maze's End 34 games	+5.5 pp	34
13	Dimir Guildgate 34 games	+5.5 pp	34
14	Orzhov Guildgate 34 games	+5.5 pp	34
15	Boros Guildgate 34 games	+5.5 pp	34

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 35.13% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.13% n=279

Seat 2

32.06% n=262

Seat 3

26.37% n=201

Seat 4

15.6% n=141

Seat 5

16.67% n=36

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Child of Alara wins 28.68% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.68% n=530

1 mulligan

29.55% n=132

2 mulligans

23.81% n=42

3 mulligans

9.09% n=11

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

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 672 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Child of Alara wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.5% of the time across 272 tracked wins.

73.5 \%

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.