Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global Commander Stats

1056 Wins

2610 Losses

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,666 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1056–2610) at an Elo of 1,525, ranking #1393 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 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 3666 recorded Playgroup games (1056 wins, 2610 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? ▾

1,019 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 576 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Artful Provocateur Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

1393

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1525

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 1019

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 576

No. games played with this commander 3666

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1593	DCW3	28	12	43 %
2	1581	Data Priest	52	22	42 %
3	1578	Chaos Chris	11	4	36 %
4	1569	Deankuh	5	3	60 %
5	1555	Alyx	32	9	28 %

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 76.9% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.9%

Commander Damage

9.94%

Non Combat Damage

5.55%

Alternative

4.26%

Combo

2.71%

Mill

0.52%

Poison

0.13%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1090 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 35.15% of games from position 1 and 13.92% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.15% n=1084

Seat 2

31.66% n=1096

Seat 3

24.39% n=861

Seat 4

19.29% n=539

Seat 5

13.92% n=79

Seat 6

33.33% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 30.89% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.89% n=1926

1 mulligan

25.18% n=552

2 mulligans

23.73% n=177

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 2481 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 1087 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.