Commander

Anhelo, the Painter

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders Featured in Streets of New Capenna

458 Wins

1298 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Anhelo, the Painter is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,762 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (458–1298) at an Elo of 1,562, ranking #950 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 1762 recorded Playgroup games (458 wins, 1298 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Anhelo, the Painter?

649 decks list Anhelo, the Painter as their commander on Playgroup, of which 376 have played at least one recorded game.

Anhelo, the Painter Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

950

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1562

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 649

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 376

No. games played with this commander 1762

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1597	Paul	16	7	44 %
2	1566	Littlecat3100	7	3	43 %
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, 51.7% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

51.7%

Combat

28.79%

Alternative

9.6%

Combo

6.19%

Commander Damage

2.17%

Mill

1.55%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 473 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.

+7.7 pp

Top card: Watery Grave

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Watery Grave Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+7.7 pp	55
2	Blood Crypt Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+4.7 pp	53
3	Wizards of Thay Signature build 57 games · Signature build	+3.2 pp	57
4	Narset's Reversal Signature build 52 games · Signature build	+2.8 pp	52
5	Cascade Bluffs 76 games	+2.2 pp	76
6	Steam Vents Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp	63

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 32.66% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.66% n=447

Seat 2

25.15% n=485

Seat 3

22.48% n=427

Seat 4

24.22% n=223

Seat 5

20.93% n=43

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anhelo, the Painter wins 26.95% after 0 mulligans and 62.5% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

26.95% n=835

1 mulligan

24.19% n=248

2 mulligans

21.69% n=83

3 mulligans

21.05% n=19

4 mulligans

62.5% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Anhelo, the Painter 3.69/5 on average, across 1118 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anhelo, the Painter wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.3% of the time across 474 tracked wins.

63.3 \%

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.