Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

1148 Wins

2793 Losses

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,941 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1148–2793) at an Elo of 1,536, ranking #1282 globally.

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

Last full refresh 22 Jun 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 3941 recorded Playgroup games (1148 wins, 2793 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?

1,082 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 621 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Artful Provocateur Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1282

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1536

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 1082

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 621

No. games played with this commander 3941

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	1577	Deankuh	8	4	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 76.93% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.93%

Commander Damage

9.75%

Non Combat Damage

5.35%

Alternative

4.4%

Combo

2.85%

Mill

0.59%

Poison

0.12%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1184 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 35.69% of games from position 1 and 12.94% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.69% n=1174

Seat 2

31.86% n=1177

Seat 3

24.78% n=924

Seat 4

19.38% n=578

Seat 5

12.94% n=85

Seat 6

33.33% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 31.1% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.1% n=2013

1 mulligan

25.21% n=607

2 mulligans

24.87% n=193

3 mulligans

14.29% n=42

4 mulligans

33.33% n=9

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 3.64/5 on average, across 2695 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 1184 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.