Commander

Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

1304 Wins

3230 Losses

Overview

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,568 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1304–3230) at an Elo of 1,522, ranking #1656 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 229699 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Alela, Artful Provocateur's win rate?

Alela, Artful Provocateur has a 28% win rate across 4568 recorded Playgroup games (1304 wins, 3230 losses).

How long do winning games with Alela, Artful Provocateur take?

Wins with Alela, Artful Provocateur take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Alela, Artful Provocateur?

1,295 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 753 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Artful Provocateur Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1656

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1522

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 229699

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1295

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 753

No. games played with this commander 4568

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1608	DCW3	29	13	45 %
2	1602	Vaarq	6	4	80 %
3	1599	Alyx	33	10	30 %
4	1580	Data Priest	52	22	42 %
5	1577	Chaos Chris	11	4	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 76.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.76%

Commander Damage

10.09%

Non Combat Damage

5.36%

Alternative

4.42%

Combo

2.84%

Mill

0.42%

Poison

0.11%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 1333 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Alela, Artful Provocateur

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Alela, Artful Provocateur decks that leave them out.

+5.3 pp

Top card: Zur the Enchanter

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Zur the Enchanter 113 games	+5.3 pp	113
2	Arcane Signet 489 games	+4.0 pp	489
3	Supreme Verdict 70 games	+2.6 pp	70
4	Vault of the Archangel 142 games	+2.6 pp	142
5	Hall of Heliod's Generosity 104 games	+2.2 pp	104
6	Reconnaissance Mission 187 games	+0.9 pp	187
7	Sower of Temptation 71 games	+0.6 pp	71

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?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 34.96% of games from position 1 and 15.63% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.96% n=1330

Seat 2

30.42% n=1371

Seat 3

24.45% n=1086

Seat 4

20.27% n=656

Seat 5

15.63% n=96

Seat 6

33.33% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 30.36% after 0 mulligans and 20.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.36% n=2197

1 mulligan

23.92% n=715

2 mulligans

25.32% n=233

3 mulligans

11.32% n=53

4 mulligans

41.67% n=12

5 mulligans

20.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Alela, Artful Provocateur 3.65/5 on average, across 3087 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.8% of the time across 1341 tracked wins.

33.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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