Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Global Commander Stats

1525 Wins

3372 Losses

Summary

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,897 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1525–3372) at an Elo of 1,508, ranking #1714 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 97158 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 4 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Anikthea, Hand of Erebos's win rate? ▾

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos has a 31% win rate across 4897 recorded Playgroup games (1525 wins, 3372 losses).

How long do winning games with Anikthea, Hand of Erebos take? ▾

Wins with Anikthea, Hand of Erebos take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Anikthea, Hand of Erebos? ▾

1,655 decks list Anikthea, Hand of Erebos as their commander on Playgroup, of which 993 have played at least one recorded game.

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

1714

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1508

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 97158

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.61

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1655

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 993

No. games played with this commander 4897

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1676	Darkfather	19	12	63 %
2	1633	Arak	15	8	53 %
3	1624	coverman	20	12	63 %
4	1614	azza1695	10	5	50 %
5	1565	MiniBob8	4	2	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins, 81.12% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.12%

Alternative

7.24%

Commander Damage

4.5%

Non Combat Damage

3.91%

Combo

2.54%

Mill

0.59%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1561 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 36.85% of games from position 1 and 13.86% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.85% n=1346

Seat 2

33.98% n=1433

Seat 3

27.59% n=1131

Seat 4

23.02% n=734

Seat 5

13.86% n=101

Seat 6

18.75% n=16

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 31.24% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.24% n=2337

1 mulligan

29.33% n=624

2 mulligans

30.99% n=242

3 mulligans

33.85% n=65

4 mulligans

23.53% n=17

5 mulligans

42.86% n=7

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Anikthea, Hand of Erebos 3.59/5 on average, across 3206 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.8% of the time across 1563 tracked wins.

64.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

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