Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Global Commander Stats

1269 Wins

3315 Losses

Summary

Alela, Cunning Conqueror is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,584 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1269–3315) at an Elo of 1,648, ranking #215 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Jul 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 4584 recorded Playgroup games (1269 wins, 3315 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?

1,570 decks list Alela, Cunning Conqueror as their commander on Playgroup, of which 945 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Cunning Conqueror Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

215

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1648

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1570

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 945

No. games played with this commander 4584

Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1640	Hobbes	50	17	34 %
2	1610	Justin Britch	12	7	64 %
3	1604	VagueLaser	6	4	67 %
4	1604	Rebirth11	21	9	43 %
5	1598	Red Dec	5	2	40 %

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, 82.69% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

82.69%

Non Combat Damage

6.08%

Alternative

4.44%

Commander Damage

3.16%

Combo

2.34%

Mill

1.29%

Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1303 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins 32.82% of games from position 1 and 15.83% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.82% n=1240

Seat 2

29.79% n=1306

Seat 3

23.88% n=1139

Seat 4

22.84% n=718

Seat 5

15.83% n=120

Seat 6

20.83% n=24

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins 28.21% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.21% n=2258

1 mulligan

26.03% n=584

2 mulligans

26.15% n=195

3 mulligans

22.81% n=57

4 mulligans

16.67% n=12

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Alela, Cunning Conqueror 3.71/5 on average, across 3062 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.4% of the time across 1307 tracked wins.

65.4 \%

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.