Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global Commander Stats

1052 Wins

2600 Losses

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,652 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1052–2600) at an Elo of 1,448, ranking #3304 globally.

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

Last full refresh 19 Apr 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 3652 recorded Playgroup games (1052 wins, 2600 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 1 month.

How many decks use Alela, Artful Provocateur? ▾

1,012 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 575 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Artful Provocateur Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

3304

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1448

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 1012

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 575

No. games played with this commander 3652

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1581	Data Priest	52	22	42 %
2	1578	Chaos Chris	11	4	36 %
3	1570	Antlerboy	23	9	41 %
4	1569	Deankuh	5	3	60 %
5	1555	Alyx	32	9	28 %

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 77.01% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

77.01%

Commander Damage

9.74%

Non Combat Damage

5.58%

Alternative

4.29%

Combo

2.73%

Mill

0.52%

Poison

0.13%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1084 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 35.22% of games from position 1 and 14.1% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.22% n=1076

Seat 2

31.65% n=1090

Seat 3

24.39% n=857

Seat 4

19.29% n=534

Seat 5

14.1% n=78

Seat 6

33.33% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 30.87% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.87% n=1924

1 mulligan

25.18% n=544

2 mulligans

23.43% n=175

3 mulligans

16.22% n=37

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 3.62/5 on average, across 2467 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.7% of the time across 1083 tracked wins.

65.7 \%

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.