Commander

Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

1304 Wins

3399 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Alela, Cunning Conqueror is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,705 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1304–3399) at an Elo of 1,496, ranking #3098 globally.

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

Last full refresh 2 Aug 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 4705 recorded Playgroup games (1304 wins, 3399 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?

1,594 decks list Alela, Cunning Conqueror as their commander on Playgroup, of which 954 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Cunning Conqueror Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3098

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1496

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 1594

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 954

No. games played with this commander 4705

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	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 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, 82.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

82.76%

Non Combat Damage

6.05%

Alternative

4.34%

Commander Damage

3.31%

Combo

2.28%

Mill

1.26%

Avg win turn 10.1 based on 1339 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.

+7.3 pp

Top card: Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory 154 games	+7.3 pp	154
2	Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle 93 games	+4.3 pp	93
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 249 games	+4.0 pp	249
4	Into the Flood Maw Signature build 71 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	71
5	Glen Elendra Guardian 129 games	+2.2 pp	129
6	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 257 games	+2.1 pp	257
7	Dig Through Time 108 games	+1.7 pp	108
8	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 142 games	+1.5 pp	142
9	Spell Stutter 630 games	+0.2 pp	630
10	Underground River 278 games	+0.0 pp	278

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 33.1% of games from position 1 and 15.83% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.1% n=1263

Seat 2

29.62% n=1330

Seat 3

23.67% n=1162

Seat 4

22.74% n=730

Seat 5

15.83% n=120

Seat 6

20.83% n=24

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins 28.3% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.3% n=2304

1 mulligan

25.82% n=612

2 mulligans

26.13% n=199

3 mulligans

22.41% n=58

4 mulligans

15.38% n=13

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 3.71/5 on average, across 3154 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.7% of the time across 1343 tracked wins.

65.7 \%

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.