Commander

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

401 Wins

933 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,341 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (401–933) at an Elo of 1,673, ranking #123 globally.

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

Last full refresh 22 Aug 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 1341 recorded Playgroup games (401 wins, 933 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: 14 days.

How many decks use Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle?

476 decks list Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle as their commander on Playgroup, of which 257 have played at least one recorded game.

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

123

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1673

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 476

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 257

No. games played with this commander 1341

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1583	キボ・コング	4	3	75 %
2	1558	heratarn	3	2	67 %
3	1546	Djratlordx	4	2	50 %
4	1544	Flantheman	5	2	40 %
5	1535	Tmphillips	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle wins, 70.96% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

70.96%

Commander Damage

16.17%

Combo

6.27%

Alternative

2.64%

Non Combat Damage

2.31%

Poison

1.65%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 407 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.

+7.3 pp

Top card: Garruk's Uprising

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Garruk's Uprising 52 games	+7.3 pp	52
2	Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner 51 games	+5.0 pp	51
3	Hinterland Harbor 47 games	+3.7 pp	47
4	Kiora's Follower 56 games	+2.5 pp	56
5	Stormsurge Kraken 49 games	+2.3 pp	49
6	Koma, Cosmos Serpent 64 games	+2.1 pp	64
7	Dreamroot Cascade 35 games	+1.5 pp	35
8	Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma 30 games	+0.9 pp	30
9	Archetype of Imagination 50 games	+0.2 pp	50

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 35.41% of games from position 1 and 3.23% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.41% n=353

Seat 2

31.62% n=389

Seat 3

25.5% n=298

Seat 4

21.76% n=170

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 30.3% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.3% n=632

1 mulligan

32.72% n=162

2 mulligans

26.23% n=61

3 mulligans

37.5% n=24

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 3.79/5 on average, across 955 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle wins, opponents flag the game as salty 74.5% of the time across 408 tracked wins.

74.5 \%

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.