Commander

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

95 Wins

277 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 377 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (95–277) at an Elo of 1,598, ranking #555 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 28 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists's win rate?

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists has a 25% win rate across 377 recorded Playgroup games (95 wins, 277 losses).

How long do winning games with Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists take?

Wins with Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 5 days.

How many decks use Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists?

145 decks list Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists as their commander on Playgroup, of which 82 have played at least one recorded game.

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

555

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1598

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 28

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.48

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 145

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 82

No. games played with this commander 377

Total hours played 5 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1554	Alan Peplinski	14	5	36 %
2	1545	Chakraa	16	5	31 %
3	1488	Arak	14	4	29 %
4	1488	JurassicTriceps	1	0	0 %
5	1488	woofwoofnomnom	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists wins, 81.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

81.58%

Alternative

14.47%

Combo

1.32%

Mill

1.32%

Non Combat Damage

1.32%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 93 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists wins 50.0% of games from position 5 and 17.44% from position 3 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.33% n=114

Seat 2

20.51% n=117

Seat 3

17.44% n=86

Seat 4

21.57% n=51

Seat 5

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists wins 27.78% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.78% n=162

1 mulligan

11.48% n=61

2 mulligans

11.76% n=17

3 mulligans

20.0% n=5

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists 3.81/5 on average, across 220 self-reports.

3.81 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.1% of the time across 95 tracked wins.

62.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.