Commander

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

422 Wins

975 Losses

Overview

Summary

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,409 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (422–975) at an Elo of 1,658, ranking #174 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle's win rate?

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle has a 29% win rate across 1409 recorded Playgroup games (422 wins, 975 losses).

How long do winning games with Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle take?

Wins with Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle?

503 decks list Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle as their commander on Playgroup, of which 273 have played at least one recorded game.

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

174

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1658

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 13

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 503

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 273

No. games played with this commander 1409

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1585	キボ・コング	10	5	50 %
2	1558	heratarn	3	2	67 %
3	1546	Guantodaforno	3	2	67 %
4	1546	Djratlordx	4	2	50 %
5	1536	Flantheman	9	3	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle wins, 70.35% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

70.35%

Commander Damage

15.77%

Combo

6.94%

Alternative

2.84%

Non Combat Damage

2.21%

Poison

1.58%

Mill

0.32%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 427 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle decks that leave them out.

+9.9 pp

Top card: Garruk's Uprising

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Garruk's Uprising 75 games	+9.9 pp	75
2	Negate 38 games	+6.8 pp	38
3	Kiora's Follower 77 games	+5.8 pp	77
4	Starwinder 41 games	+5.4 pp	41
5	Alchemist's Refuge 41 games	+5.2 pp	41
6	Command Tower 79 games	+4.5 pp	79
7	Hinterland Harbor 67 games	+4.1 pp	67
8	Stormsurge Kraken 72 games	+3.6 pp	72
9	Thassa, God of the Sea Signature build 34 games · Signature build	+2.8 pp	34
10	Counterspell 77 games	+2.7 pp	77

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Koma, World-Eater 71 games	+2.7 pp	71
12	Koma, Cosmos Serpent 83 games	+2.6 pp	83
13	Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner 69 games	+2.4 pp	69
14	Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	38
15	Heroic Intervention 41 games	+1.4 pp	41

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?

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle wins 34.81% of games from position 1 and 3.23% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.81% n=385

Seat 2

32.32% n=427

Seat 3

26.09% n=320

Seat 4

22.61% n=188

Seat 5

3.23% n=31

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle wins 30.26% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.26% n=646

1 mulligan

32.18% n=174

2 mulligans

26.56% n=64

3 mulligans

38.46% n=26

4 mulligans

25.0% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle 3.78/5 on average, across 990 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.9% of the time across 430 tracked wins.

74.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.