Commander

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders Featured in Commander Masters

1597 Wins

3542 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,140 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1597–3542) at an Elo of 1,646, ranking #214 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 92096 damage dealt and 0.61 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 5140 recorded Playgroup games (1597 wins, 3542 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?

1,731 decks list Anikthea, Hand of Erebos as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,045 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

214

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1646

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 92096

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 1731

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1045

No. games played with this commander 5140

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1664	Darkfather	22	13	59 %
2	1657	Arak	16	9	56 %
3	1624	coverman	20	12	63 %
4	1614	azza1695	10	5	50 %
5	1565	MiniBob8	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins, 81.04% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.04%

Alternative

7.16%

Commander Damage

4.65%

Non Combat Damage

3.9%

Combo

2.6%

Mill

0.56%

Poison

0.09%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1635 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Anikthea, Hand of Erebos decks that leave them out.

+5.0 pp

Top card: Overlord of the Balemurk

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Overlord of the Balemurk 107 games	+5.0 pp	107
2	Shadowy Backstreet 117 games	+3.5 pp	117
3	Ondu Spiritdancer 337 games	+0.7 pp	337
4	Herald of the Pantheon 348 games	+0.2 pp	348

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?

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wins 36.79% of games from position 1 and 13.33% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.79% n=1408

Seat 2

34.17% n=1510

Seat 3

27.33% n=1178

Seat 4

22.32% n=766

Seat 5

13.33% n=105

Seat 6

16.67% n=18

Opening hands

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=2398

1 mulligan

29.39% n=677

2 mulligans

31.42% n=261

3 mulligans

34.78% n=69

4 mulligans

23.53% n=17

5 mulligans

44.44% n=9

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

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 3383 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 1637 tracked wins.

65.0 \%

Head to head

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.