Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Global Commander Stats

All Abzan commanders Featured in Commander Masters

1566 Wins

3480 Losses

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Summary

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,047 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1566–3480) at an Elo of 1,482, ranking #3312 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 93659 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 5047 recorded Playgroup games (1566 wins, 3480 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?

1,726 decks list Anikthea, Hand of Erebos as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,043 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

3312

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1482

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 93659

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 1726

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1043

No. games played with this commander 5047

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1657	Arak	16	9	56 %
2	1641	Darkfather	21	12	57 %
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, 81.27% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.27%

Alternative

7.13%

Commander Damage

4.56%

Non Combat Damage

3.9%

Combo

2.47%

Mill

0.57%

Poison

0.1%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1603 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 36.76% of games from position 1 and 13.33% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.76% n=1393

Seat 2

34.26% n=1480

Seat 3

27.4% n=1157

Seat 4

22.41% n=754

Seat 5

13.33% n=105

Seat 6

17.65% n=17

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 30.94% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.94% n=2372

1 mulligan

29.38% n=657

2 mulligans

31.52% n=257

3 mulligans

34.33% n=67

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 3308 self-reports.

3.59 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.9% of the time across 1605 tracked wins.

64.9 \%

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.