Commander

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

4164 Wins

9395 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,656 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (4164–9395) at an Elo of 1,578, ranking #793 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 93580 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hakbal of the Surging Soul's win rate?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul has a 30% win rate across 13656 recorded Playgroup games (4164 wins, 9395 losses).

How long do winning games with Hakbal of the Surging Soul take?

Wins with Hakbal of the Surging Soul take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Hakbal of the Surging Soul?

4,133 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,507 have played at least one recorded game.

Hakbal of the Surging Soul Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

793

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1578

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 93580

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 4133

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2507

No. games played with this commander 13656

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1649	Benous	57	32	58 %
2	1616	Data Priest	35	15	43 %
3	1607	Gennio89DaB34ST	20	14	70 %
4	1600	RemusTheKing	12	6	50 %
5	1600	Robert Shea	15	6	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, 79.69% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.69%

Commander Damage

10.73%

Alternative

7.31%

Non Combat Damage

1.01%

Combo

0.87%

Poison

0.31%

Mill

0.07%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4261 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Hakbal of the Surging Soul decks that leave them out.

+10.8 pp

Top card: Command Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Command Tower 1,626 games	+10.8 pp	1,626
2	Mindspring Merfolk 223 games	+7.3 pp	223
3	Mutavault Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+6.0 pp	36
4	Cenote Scout 251 games	+4.6 pp	251
5	Mana Drain 170 games	+4.4 pp	170
6	Kodama of the West Tree 61 games	+3.8 pp	61
7	Flooded Grove 536 games	+3.6 pp	536
8	Hardened Scales 1,698 games	+3.3 pp	1,698
9	Arcane Denial 178 games	+3.1 pp	178
10	Champions of the Shoal 47 games	+2.7 pp	47

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Force of Negation 38 games	+2.7 pp	38
12	Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze 309 games	+2.4 pp	309
13	Roaming Throne 588 games	+2.2 pp	588
14	Yavimaya Coast 676 games	+1.8 pp	676
15	Tide Shaper 317 games	+1.7 pp	317

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?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 39.62% of games from position 1 and 16.79% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.62% n=4152

Seat 2

31.48% n=4307

Seat 3

25.21% n=3152

Seat 4

17.52% n=1846

Seat 5

16.79% n=268

Seat 6

23.33% n=30

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.01% after 0 mulligans and 27.27% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.01% n=5999

1 mulligan

30.6% n=1887

2 mulligans

29.15% n=657

3 mulligans

25.81% n=186

4 mulligans

20.0% n=45

5 mulligans

27.27% n=11

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hakbal of the Surging Soul 3.61/5 on average, across 9368 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.5% of the time across 4291 tracked wins.

36.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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