Commander

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

1012 Wins

2402 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,426 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1012–2402) at an Elo of 1,547, ranking #1195 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 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 3426 recorded Playgroup games (1012 wins, 2402 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?

1,280 decks list Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 736 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1195

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1547

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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 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1280

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 736

No. games played with this commander 3426

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1633	Drajul	58	39	70 %
2	1601	Herman Byre	10	6	67 %
3	1589	doblexx	4	4	100 %
4	1553	Kalvin	15	8	53 %
5	1546	IncompetentYeti	2	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins, 89.63% of wins come via poison across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Poison

89.63%

Combat

5.33%

Alternative

2.22%

Non Combat Damage

1.63%

Commander Damage

0.89%

Combo

0.3%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1029 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.

+18.5 pp

Top card: Deceptive Landscape

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Deceptive Landscape Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+18.5 pp	31
2	Nature's Lore 69 games	+8.4 pp	69
3	Godless Shrine 69 games	+8.2 pp	69
4	Windswept Heath 69 games	+8.1 pp	69
5	Marsh Flats 70 games	+7.4 pp	70
6	Indatha Triome 90 games	+7.3 pp	90
7	Farseek 122 games	+5.5 pp	122
8	Swords to Plowshares 328 games	+4.7 pp	328
9	Caves of Koilos 83 games	+4.2 pp	83
10	Vraska's Fall 339 games	+4.2 pp	339

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Llanowar Wastes 68 games	+4.0 pp	68
12	Assassin's Trophy 76 games	+3.5 pp	76
13	Glistening Sphere 404 games	+3.2 pp	404
14	Three Visits 57 games	+2.6 pp	57
15	Bojuka Bog 282 games	+2.0 pp	282

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 40.41% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.41% n=1053

Seat 2

30.68% n=973

Seat 3

21.29% n=700

Seat 4

12.96% n=409

Seat 5

8.89% n=45

Seat 6

0.0% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins 31.08% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.08% n=1506

1 mulligan

29.43% n=418

2 mulligans

22.79% n=136

3 mulligans

25.93% n=27

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 2003 self-reports.

3.56 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.6% of the time across 1033 tracked wins.

32.6 \%

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.