Commander

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Global commander stats

All White commanders

522 Wins

926 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,454 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (522–926) at an Elo of 1,593, ranking #601 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist's win rate?

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist has a 35% win rate across 1454 recorded Playgroup games (522 wins, 926 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?

527 decks list Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 250 have played at least one recorded game.

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

601

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1593

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 12

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 527

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 250

No. games played with this commander 1454

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1715	René	65	33	51 %
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 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins, 56.86% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

56.86%

Combat

31.42%

Non Combat Damage

4.24%

Combo

3.49%

Alternative

2.0%

Poison

1.75%

Mill

0.25%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 529 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins 41.85% of games from position 1 and 25.64% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.85% n=399

Seat 2

39.9% n=391

Seat 3

32.59% n=313

Seat 4

27.4% n=219

Seat 5

25.64% n=39

Seat 6

37.5% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins 39.75% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

39.75% n=712

1 mulligan

37.91% n=182

2 mulligans

23.08% n=65

3 mulligans

26.09% n=23

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist 3.78/5 on average, across 904 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 531 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

Head to head

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.