Commander

Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

1455 Wins

3773 Losses

Overview

Summary

Alela, Cunning Conqueror is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,271 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1455–3773) at an Elo of 1,536, ranking #1375 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Alela, Cunning Conqueror's win rate?

Alela, Cunning Conqueror has a 27% win rate across 5271 recorded Playgroup games (1455 wins, 3773 losses).

How long do winning games with Alela, Cunning Conqueror take?

Wins with Alela, Cunning Conqueror take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Alela, Cunning Conqueror?

1,803 decks list Alela, Cunning Conqueror as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,096 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Cunning Conqueror Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1375

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1536

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.55

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1803

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1096

No. games played with this commander 5271

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1640	Hobbes	53	18	34 %
2	1618	timfromthepost	11	6	55 %
3	1610	Justin Britch	12	7	64 %
4	1604	Rebirth11	21	9	43 %
5	1604	VagueLaser	6	4	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, 82.87% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

82.87%

Non Combat Damage

6.32%

Alternative

4.28%

Commander Damage

3.26%

Combo

2.14%

Mill

1.12%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 1490 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Alela, Cunning Conqueror decks that leave them out.

+6.2 pp

Top card: Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory 216 games	+6.2 pp	216
2	Baleful Mastery Signature build 85 games · Signature build	+6.0 pp	85
3	Flare of Denial Signature build 92 games · Signature build	+4.7 pp	92
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 324 games	+3.9 pp	324
5	Dig Through Time 167 games	+3.8 pp	167
6	Consult the Star Charts Signature build 65 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	65
7	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 201 games	+3.7 pp	201
8	Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle 129 games	+2.7 pp	129
9	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 341 games	+0.7 pp	341
10	Reliquary Tower 619 games	+0.7 pp	619

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Darkslick Shores Signature build 82 games · Signature build	+0.7 pp	82
12	Banner of Kinship 299 games	+0.6 pp	299
13	Nettling Nuisance 400 games	+0.0 pp	400

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?

Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins 33.3% of games from position 1 and 16.54% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.3% n=1425

Seat 2

29.43% n=1519

Seat 3

23.61% n=1309

Seat 4

23.02% n=810

Seat 5

16.54% n=127

Seat 6

20.0% n=25

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins 28.19% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.19% n=2460

1 mulligan

26.37% n=713

2 mulligans

26.78% n=239

3 mulligans

26.12% n=67

4 mulligans

14.29% n=14

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Alela, Cunning Conqueror 3.73/5 on average, across 3466 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.4% of the time across 1493 tracked wins.

39.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Alela, Cunning Conqueror. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.