Commander

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

955 Wins

2330 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,301 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (955–2330) at an Elo of 1,423, ranking #4663 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa's win rate?

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa has a 28% win rate across 3301 recorded Playgroup games (955 wins, 2330 losses).

How long do winning games with Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa take?

Wins with Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa?

1,194 decks list Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 689 have played at least one recorded game.

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4663

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1423

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Global Elo trend

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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1194

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 689

No. games played with this commander 3301

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1633	Drajul	58	39	70 %
2	1585	Herman Byre	8	5	63 %
3	1559	doblexx	3	3	100 %
4	1553	Kalvin	15	8	53 %
5	1543	Josh	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins, 89.69% of wins come via poison across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Poison

89.69%

Combat

5.47%

Alternative

2.03%

Non Combat Damage

1.56%

Commander Damage

0.94%

Combo

0.31%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 972 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa decks that leave them out.

+17.8 pp

Top card: Deceptive Landscape

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Deceptive Landscape Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+17.8 pp	30
2	Nature's Lore 60 games	+13.3 pp	60
3	Windswept Heath 61 games	+10.1 pp	61
4	Marsh Flats Signature build 62 games · Signature build	+9.7 pp	62
5	Godless Shrine Signature build 56 games · Signature build	+9.1 pp	56
6	Farseek 114 games	+8.4 pp	114
7	Indatha Triome 80 games	+8.3 pp	80
8	Llanowar Wastes 58 games	+6.5 pp	58
9	Caves of Koilos 75 games	+5.8 pp	75
10	Assassin's Trophy 71 games	+5.4 pp	71

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Vraska's Fall 306 games	+5.4 pp	306
12	Three Visits 52 games	+4.5 pp	52
13	Skrelv, Defector Mite 168 games	+4.0 pp	168
14	Everflowing Chalice Signature build 47 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	47
15	Swords to Plowshares 291 games	+3.7 pp	291

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?

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins 39.45% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.45% n=995

Seat 2

30.4% n=936

Seat 3

20.64% n=683

Seat 4

12.47% n=401

Seat 5

9.52% n=42

Seat 6

0.0% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins 30.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.53% n=1484

1 mulligan

26.5% n=400

2 mulligans

21.43% n=126

3 mulligans

24.0% n=25

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa 3.56/5 on average, across 1954 self-reports.

3.56 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 56.9% of the time across 975 tracked wins.

56.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.