Commander

Alibou, Ancient Witness

Global commander stats

All Boros commanders

101 Wins

271 Losses

Overview

Summary

Alibou, Ancient Witness is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 375 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (101–271) at an Elo of 1,401, ranking #5060 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.45 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Alibou, Ancient Witness's win rate?

Alibou, Ancient Witness has a 26% win rate across 375 recorded Playgroup games (101 wins, 271 losses).

How long do winning games with Alibou, Ancient Witness take?

Wins with Alibou, Ancient Witness take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 days.

How many decks use Alibou, Ancient Witness?

170 decks list Alibou, Ancient Witness as their commander on Playgroup, of which 88 have played at least one recorded game.

Alibou, Ancient Witness Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

5060

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1401

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.45

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 170

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 88

No. games played with this commander 375

Total hours played 4 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1518	Olivier Robin	8	3	43 %
2	1516	LewisH	43	9	21 %
3	1499	agentmaine835	2	1	50 %
4	1492	Sky	3	1	33 %
5	1477	Ainhur	2	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alibou, Ancient Witness wins, 61.04% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

61.04%

Non Combat Damage

27.27%

Combo

6.49%

Alternative

2.6%

Commander Damage

1.3%

Mill

1.3%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 100 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Alibou, Ancient Witness wins 32.31% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.31% n=130

Seat 2

26.85% n=108

Seat 3

20.78% n=77

Seat 4

16.67% n=54

Seat 5

0.0% n=3

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alibou, Ancient Witness wins 36.23% after 0 mulligans and 14.29% after 3 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.23% n=138

1 mulligan

12.2% n=41

2 mulligans

26.67% n=15

3 mulligans

14.29% n=7

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Alibou, Ancient Witness 3.68/5 on average, across 301 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alibou, Ancient Witness wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.6% of the time across 101 tracked wins.

37.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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