Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Global Commander Stats

All Abzan commanders

1539 Wins

3417 Losses

Summary

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,956 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1539–3417) at an Elo of 1,522, ranking #1512 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 95588 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 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 4956 recorded Playgroup games (1539 wins, 3417 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?

1,690 decks list Anikthea, Hand of Erebos as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,010 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1512

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1522

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 95588

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 1690

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1010

No. games played with this commander 4956

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1658	Darkfather	20	12	60 %
2	1657	Arak	16	9	56 %
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, 81.24% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.24%

Alternative

7.16%

Commander Damage

4.55%

Non Combat Damage

3.87%

Combo

2.51%

Mill

0.58%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1576 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 36.76% of games from position 1 and 13.46% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.76% n=1371

Seat 2

33.95% n=1452

Seat 3

27.55% n=1136

Seat 4

22.81% n=741

Seat 5

13.46% n=104

Seat 6

17.65% n=17

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 31.18% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.18% n=2354

1 mulligan

28.95% n=639

2 mulligans

30.49% n=246

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 3.6/5 on average, across 3247 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.0% of the time across 1577 tracked wins.

65.0 \%

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.