Commander

Hylda of the Icy Crown

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

652 Wins

1723 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hylda of the Icy Crown is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,381 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (652–1723) at an Elo of 1,523, ranking #1571 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 7 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hylda of the Icy Crown's win rate?

Hylda of the Icy Crown has a 27% win rate across 2381 recorded Playgroup games (652 wins, 1723 losses).

How long do winning games with Hylda of the Icy Crown take?

Wins with Hylda of the Icy Crown take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 28 days.

How many decks use Hylda of the Icy Crown?

980 decks list Hylda of the Icy Crown as their commander on Playgroup, of which 518 have played at least one recorded game.

Hylda of the Icy Crown Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1571

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1523

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 8

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 980

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 518

No. games played with this commander 2381

Total hours played 28 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1629	Gentiio	22	15	68 %
2	1591	Paskina	37	20	55 %
3	1574	awkseaturtle	5	4	80 %
4	1567	2blum	2	2	100 %
5	1565	DROMama	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Hylda of the Icy Crown wins, 88.99% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

88.99%

Commander Damage

3.52%

Alternative

3.3%

Non Combat Damage

2.64%

Combo

0.88%

Mill

0.44%

Poison

0.22%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 664 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Hylda of the Icy Crown

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Hylda of the Icy Crown decks that leave them out.

+8.4 pp

Top card: Court Street Denizen

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Court Street Denizen 179 games	+8.4 pp	179
2	Counterspell 136 games	+4.8 pp	136
3	Borrowing 100,000 Arrows 196 games	+3.0 pp	196
4	Solitary Sanctuary 150 games	+1.8 pp	150
5	Sol Ring 199 games	+1.8 pp	199
6	Reliquary Tower 110 games	+1.0 pp	110
7	Mjölnir, Storm Hammer Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+0.5 pp	61
8	Path to Exile 112 games	+0.2 pp	112

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?

Hylda of the Icy Crown wins 33.65% of games from position 1 and 18.69% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.65% n=679

Seat 2

29.83% n=694

Seat 3

21.93% n=561

Seat 4

18.69% n=337

Seat 5

24.0% n=50

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hylda of the Icy Crown wins 27.72% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.72% n=1149

1 mulligan

28.38% n=370

2 mulligans

24.34% n=152

3 mulligans

21.62% n=37

4 mulligans

16.67% n=6

5 mulligans

33.33% n=6

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hylda of the Icy Crown 3.68/5 on average, across 1713 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hylda of the Icy Crown wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.6% of the time across 665 tracked wins.

72.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Hylda of the Icy Crown. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.