Commander

Anhelo, the Painter

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders Featured in Streets of New Capenna

473 Wins

1359 Losses

Overview

Summary

Anhelo, the Painter is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,842 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (473–1359) at an Elo of 1,564, ranking #960 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Anhelo, the Painter's win rate?

Anhelo, the Painter has a 25% win rate across 1842 recorded Playgroup games (473 wins, 1359 losses).

How long do winning games with Anhelo, the Painter take?

Wins with Anhelo, the Painter take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 22 days.

How many decks use Anhelo, the Painter?

684 decks list Anhelo, the Painter as their commander on Playgroup, of which 394 have played at least one recorded game.

Anhelo, the Painter Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

960

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1564

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 684

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 394

No. games played with this commander 1842

Total hours played 22 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1597	Paul	16	7	44 %
2	1562	Lütti	14	5	36 %
3	1553	Federico Rebiscini	18	6	33 %
4	1536	Cameron Clark	1	1	100 %
5	1534	PolskaMagnum	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Anhelo, the Painter wins, 51.5% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

51.5%

Combat

29.34%

Alternative

9.58%

Combo

5.99%

Commander Damage

2.1%

Mill

1.5%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 488 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Anhelo, the Painter

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

+5.5 pp

Top card: Thrill of Possibility

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Thrill of Possibility Signature build 40 games · Signature build	+5.5 pp	40
2	Watery Grave 74 games	+4.5 pp	74
3	Cascade Bluffs 83 games	+4.5 pp	83
4	Jeska's Will Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+2.5 pp	55
5	Blood Crypt 72 games	+2.0 pp	72
6	Darkwater Catacombs 86 games	+1.9 pp	86
7	Damnable Pact 63 games	+1.3 pp	63
8	Exotic Orchard 130 games	+0.9 pp	130
9	Wizards of Thay Signature build 71 games · Signature build	+0.1 pp	71

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?

Anhelo, the Painter wins 31.65% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.65% n=474

Seat 2

24.52% n=524

Seat 3

22.44% n=450

Seat 4

24.79% n=234

Seat 5

20.45% n=44

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anhelo, the Painter wins 26.8% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.8% n=847

1 mulligan

24.06% n=266

2 mulligans

21.84% n=87

3 mulligans

21.05% n=19

4 mulligans

50.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Anhelo, the Painter 3.68/5 on average, across 1162 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anhelo, the Painter wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.0% of the time across 489 tracked wins.

37.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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