Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Global Commander Stats

492 Wins

844 Losses

Summary

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,336 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (492–844) at an Elo of 1,591, ranking #596 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 17 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist's win rate?

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist has a 36% win rate across 1336 recorded Playgroup games (492 wins, 844 losses).

How long do winning games with Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist take?

Wins with Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist?

482 decks list Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 237 have played at least one recorded game.

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

596

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1591

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 10

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 482

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 237

No. games played with this commander 1336

Total hours played 13 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1715	René	61	31	51 %
2	1636	Skullblade	27	20	74 %
3	1608	Jacob Holliday	9	5	56 %
4	1565	NAT0	9	6	67 %
5	1561	lurtze1	18	7	39 %

How does this commander win?

When Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins, 57.11% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

57.11%

Combat

30.53%

Non Combat Damage

4.47%

Combo

3.68%

Alternative

2.11%

Poison

1.84%

Mill

0.26%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 501 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins 43.35% of games from position 1 and 27.45% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.35% n=376

Seat 2

40.55% n=365

Seat 3

32.99% n=288

Seat 4

27.45% n=204

Seat 5

27.78% n=36

Seat 6

42.86% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins 40.85% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.85% n=683

1 mulligan

39.76% n=166

2 mulligans

20.34% n=59

3 mulligans

28.57% n=21

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist 3.8/5 on average, across 844 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.5% of the time across 501 tracked wins.

67.5 \%

Best and worst matchups

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