Commander

Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

1406 Wins

3657 Losses

Overview

Summary

Alela, Cunning Conqueror is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,085 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1406–3657) at an Elo of 1,568, ranking #878 globally.

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

Last full refresh 1 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 5085 recorded Playgroup games (1406 wins, 3657 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?

1,729 decks list Alela, Cunning Conqueror as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,046 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Cunning Conqueror Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

878

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1568

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

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 1729

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1046

No. games played with this commander 5085

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	1612	evocity1985@yahoo.com	14	6	43 %
4	1610	Justin Britch	12	7	64 %
5	1604	Rebirth11	21	9	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, 82.61% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

82.61%

Non Combat Damage

6.47%

Alternative

4.35%

Commander Damage

3.29%

Combo

2.12%

Mill

1.17%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 1442 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.

+7.8 pp

Top card: Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory 189 games	+7.8 pp	189
2	Baleful Mastery Signature build 83 games · Signature build	+7.6 pp	83
3	Flare of Denial Signature build 89 games · Signature build	+5.4 pp	89
4	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 285 games	+4.2 pp	285
5	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 176 games	+3.2 pp	176
6	Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle 111 games	+2.4 pp	111
7	Dig Through Time 140 games	+2.2 pp	140
8	Darkslick Shores Signature build 80 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	80
9	Glen Elendra Guardian 164 games	+2.1 pp	164
10	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 297 games	+1.4 pp	297

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Banner of Kinship 240 games	+0.9 pp	240
12	Underground River 339 games	+0.6 pp	339
13	Reliquary Tower 556 games	+0.1 pp	556

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 33.6% of games from position 1 and 16.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.6% n=1375

Seat 2

29.49% n=1460

Seat 3

23.5% n=1264

Seat 4

22.99% n=785

Seat 5

16.0% n=125

Seat 6

20.83% n=24

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins 28.22% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.22% n=2424

1 mulligan

26.57% n=685

2 mulligans

26.46% n=223

3 mulligans

25.4% n=63

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 3369 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.8% of the time across 1447 tracked wins.

66.8 \%

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.