Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Global Commander Stats

507 Wins

892 Losses

Summary

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,402 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (507–892) at an Elo of 1,446, ranking #3930 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 25 Jul 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 1402 recorded Playgroup games (507 wins, 892 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: 14 days.

How many decks use Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist?

511 decks list Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 245 have played at least one recorded game.

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3930

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1446

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 11

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 511

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 245

No. games played with this commander 1402

Total hours played 14 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1679	René	63	31	49 %
2	1636	Skullblade	27	20	74 %
3	1608	Jacob Holliday	9	5	56 %
4	1567	NAT0	9	6	67 %
5	1561	lurtze1	18	7	39 %

How does this commander win?

When Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins, 57.03% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

57.03%

Combat

30.95%

Non Combat Damage

4.35%

Combo

3.58%

Alternative

2.05%

Poison

1.79%

Mill

0.26%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 514 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins 41.79% of games from position 1 and 26.32% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.79% n=390

Seat 2

40.16% n=376

Seat 3

32.78% n=302

Seat 4

27.62% n=210

Seat 5

26.32% n=38

Seat 6

37.5% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins 40.26% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.26% n=698

1 mulligan

38.86% n=175

2 mulligans

20.63% n=63

3 mulligans

26.09% n=23

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist 3.79/5 on average, across 880 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.9% of the time across 516 tracked wins.

66.9 \%

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.