Commander

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

916 Wins

2216 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,132 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (916–2216) at an Elo of 1,365, ranking #4436 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa has a 29% win rate across 3132 recorded Playgroup games (916 wins, 2216 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?

1,113 decks list Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 642 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

4436

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1365

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

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 0.67

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1113

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 642

No. games played with this commander 3132

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1633	Drajul	58	39	70 %
2	1559	doblexx	3	3	100 %
3	1553	Kalvin	15	8	53 %
4	1543	Josh	3	2	67 %
5	1536	carlosdaniel	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins, 89.49% of wins come via poison across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Poison

89.49%

Combat

5.75%

Alternative

1.97%

Non Combat Damage

1.48%

Commander Damage

0.99%

Combo

0.33%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 933 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.

+10.4 pp

Top card: Llanowar Wastes

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Llanowar Wastes 47 games	+10.4 pp	47
2	Indatha Triome Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+8.7 pp	53
3	Caves of Koilos Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+6.4 pp	46
4	Farseek 88 games	+5.5 pp	88
5	Drown in Ichor 87 games	+3.7 pp	87
6	Assassin's Trophy Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+2.4 pp	48
7	Skrelv, Defector Mite 130 games	+2.1 pp	130
8	Vraska's Fall 252 games	+2.0 pp	252
9	Swords to Plowshares 232 games	+1.7 pp	232

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 39.68% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.68% n=945

Seat 2

31.25% n=880

Seat 3

20.44% n=641

Seat 4

12.66% n=379

Seat 5

9.76% n=41

Seat 6

0.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins 30.62% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.62% n=1447

1 mulligan

26.27% n=354

2 mulligans

22.61% n=115

3 mulligans

23.81% n=21

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

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 3.55/5 on average, across 1845 self-reports.

3.55 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 55.3% of the time across 936 tracked wins.

55.3 \%

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.