Commander

Alela, Artful Provocateur

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} All Esper commanders
Win Rate 28%
1296 Wins
3214 Losses
Overview

Summary

Alela, Artful Provocateur is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,543 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (1296–3214) at an Elo of 1,459, ranking #4405 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 231224 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Alela, Artful Provocateur's win rate?
Alela, Artful Provocateur has a 28% win rate across 4543 recorded Playgroup games (1296 wins, 3214 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?
1,284 decks list Alela, Artful Provocateur as their commander on Playgroup, of which 747 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4405
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1459
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 231224
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 1284
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 747
No. games played with this commander 4543
Total hours played about 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1608 DCW3 29 13
2 1602 Vaarq 6 4
3 1599 Alyx 33 10
4 1580 Data Priest 52 22
5 1577 Chaos Chris 11 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, 76.72% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
76.72%
Commander Damage
10.05%
Non Combat Damage
5.4%
Alternative
4.44%
Combo
2.86%
Mill
0.42%
Poison
0.11%
Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1326 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Alela, Artful Provocateur

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Alela, Artful Provocateur decks that leave them out.

+5.2 pp
Top card: Zur the Enchanter

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 34.85% of games from position 1 and 15.79% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.85% n=1323
2
Seat 2
30.43% n=1364
3
Seat 3
24.49% n=1080
4
Seat 4
20.34% n=654
5
Seat 5
15.79% n=95
6
Seat 6
33.33% n=12
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Artful Provocateur wins 30.37% after 0 mulligans and 20.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.37% n=2196
1
1 mulligan
23.74% n=712
2
2 mulligans
24.68% n=231
3
3 mulligans
11.54% n=52
4
4 mulligans
45.45% n=11
5
5 mulligans
20.0% n=5
Player reports

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 3071 self-reports.

3.65 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Alela, Artful Provocateur wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.9% of the time across 1334 tracked wins.

33.9 \%
Head to head

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Top 5 worst matchups

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