Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

1163 Wins

2844 Losses

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,008 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1163–2844) at an Elo of 1,531, ranking #1367 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Alela, Artful Provocateur's win rate?

Alela, Artful Provocateur has a 29% win rate across 4008 recorded Playgroup games (1163 wins, 2844 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?

1,109 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 647 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Artful Provocateur Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1367

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1531

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 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1109

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 647

No. games played with this commander 4008

Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1600	Alyx	33	10	30 %
2	1593	DCW3	28	12	43 %
3	1581	Data Priest	52	22	42 %
4	1578	Chaos Chris	11	4	36 %
5	1557	Cidalmi Mozart	22	8	36 %

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 77.19% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

77.19%

Commander Damage

9.69%

Non Combat Damage

5.32%

Alternative

4.26%

Combo

2.96%

Mill

0.47%

Poison

0.12%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1201 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 36.36% of games from position 6 and 13.79% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.59% n=1183

Seat 2

31.65% n=1191

Seat 3

24.61% n=951

Seat 4

19.97% n=591

Seat 5

13.79% n=87

Seat 6

36.36% n=11

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 30.92% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.92% n=2031

1 mulligan

24.47% n=617

2 mulligans

24.48% n=192

3 mulligans

13.33% n=45

4 mulligans

37.5% n=8

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

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 2752 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 1201 tracked wins.

67.0 \%

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.