Commander

Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Global commander stats

All Dimir commanders

1363 Wins

3562 Losses

Overview

Summary

Alela, Cunning Conqueror is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,941 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1363–3562) at an Elo of 1,600, ranking #553 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 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 4941 recorded Playgroup games (1363 wins, 3562 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?

1,710 decks list Alela, Cunning Conqueror as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,018 have played at least one recorded game.

Alela, Cunning Conqueror Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

553

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1600

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 0.55

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1710

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1018

No. games played with this commander 4941

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1640	Hobbes	51	17	33 %
2	1618	timfromthepost	11	6	55 %
3	1612	evocity1985@yahoo.com	14	6	43 %
4	1610	Justin Britch	12	7	64 %
5	1604	VagueLaser	6	4	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, 82.89% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

82.89%

Non Combat Damage

6.03%

Alternative

4.39%

Commander Damage

3.29%

Combo

2.19%

Mill

1.21%

Avg win turn 10.0 based on 1399 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.

+9.4 pp

Top card: Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory 181 games	+9.4 pp	181
2	Baleful Mastery Signature build 82 games · Signature build	+7.7 pp	82
3	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 259 games	+6.6 pp	259
4	Flare of Denial Signature build 85 games · Signature build	+5.6 pp	85
5	Glen Elendra Guardian 148 games	+5.1 pp	148
6	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 170 games	+4.3 pp	170
7	Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle 99 games	+4.2 pp	99
8	Into the Flood Maw Signature build 78 games · Signature build	+3.5 pp	78
9	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 277 games	+3.0 pp	277
10	Harmonized Crescendo 132 games	+1.6 pp	132

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Underground River 307 games	+1.3 pp	307
12	Banner of Kinship 217 games	+1.2 pp	217
13	Dig Through Time 127 games	+1.1 pp	127
14	Notorious Throng 533 games	+0.4 pp	533
15	Reliquary Tower 507 games	+0.3 pp	507

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 33.43% of games from position 1 and 16.26% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.43% n=1340

Seat 2

29.52% n=1416

Seat 3

23.47% n=1227

Seat 4

22.67% n=761

Seat 5

16.26% n=123

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=2383

1 mulligan

26.32% n=665

2 mulligans

26.44% n=208

3 mulligans

25.42% n=59

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 3.72/5 on average, across 3291 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Alela, Cunning Conqueror wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.4% of the time across 1404 tracked wins.

66.4 \%

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.