Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global Commander Stats

1088 Wins

2668 Losses

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,756 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1088–2668) at an Elo of 1,604, ranking #466 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 May 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 3756 recorded Playgroup games (1088 wins, 2668 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? ▾

1,045 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 595 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Artful Provocateur Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

466

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1604

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

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 1045

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 595

No. games played with this commander 3756

Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1608	Deankuh	6	4	67 %
2	1600	Alyx	33	10	30 %
3	1593	DCW3	28	12	43 %
4	1581	Data Priest	52	22	42 %
5	1578	Chaos Chris	11	4	36 %

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 76.65% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.65%

Commander Damage

9.86%

Non Combat Damage

5.49%

Alternative

4.49%

Combo

2.75%

Mill

0.62%

Poison

0.12%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1122 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 35.38% of games from position 1 and 13.75% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.38% n=1125

Seat 2

31.6% n=1114

Seat 3

24.52% n=877

Seat 4

19.75% n=552

Seat 5

13.75% n=80

Seat 6

33.33% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 31.02% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.02% n=1960

1 mulligan

25.18% n=564

2 mulligans

23.2% n=181

3 mulligans

15.38% n=39

4 mulligans

33.33% n=9

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Alela, Artful Provocateur 3.63/5 on average, across 2546 self-reports.

3.63 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 1122 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

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.