Commander

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

4000 Wins

9012 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,060 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (4000–9012) at an Elo of 1,525, ranking #1544 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 98196 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Sep 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 13060 recorded Playgroup games (4000 wins, 9012 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: 3 months.

How many decks use Hakbal of the Surging Soul?

3,962 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,358 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1544

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1525

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 98196

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 3962

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2358

No. games played with this commander 13060

Total hours played 3 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, 79.27% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.27%

Commander Damage

10.99%

Alternative

7.46%

Non Combat Damage

1.02%

Combo

0.87%

Poison

0.33%

Mill

0.07%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4099 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.

+10.1 pp

Top card: Command Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Command Tower 1,375 games	+10.1 pp	1,375
2	Mindspring Merfolk 183 games	+5.8 pp	183
3	Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze 283 games	+3.4 pp	283
4	Cenote Scout 223 games	+3.4 pp	223
5	Mana Drain 164 games	+3.3 pp	164
6	Topography Tracker 1,401 games	+3.0 pp	1,401
7	Kodama of the West Tree Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	59
8	Arcane Denial 159 games	+1.9 pp	159
9	Flooded Grove 470 games	+1.7 pp	470
10	Bred for the Hunt 229 games	+1.2 pp	229

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Hardened Scales 1,457 games	+1.0 pp	1,457
12	Yavimaya Coast 586 games	+0.7 pp	586
13	Tide Shaper 288 games	+0.6 pp	288
14	Thieving Skydiver 1,164 games	+0.4 pp	1,164
15	Heroic Intervention 517 games	+0.3 pp	517

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 39.79% of games from position 1 and 16.98% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.79% n=3967

Seat 2

31.42% n=4103

Seat 3

25.44% n=3035

Seat 4

17.75% n=1777

Seat 5

16.98% n=265

Seat 6

23.33% n=30

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.1% after 0 mulligans and 27.27% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.1% n=5884

1 mulligan

30.98% n=1777

2 mulligans

28.96% n=618

3 mulligans

24.43% n=176

4 mulligans

20.45% n=44

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 9038 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.5% of the time across 4114 tracked wins.

67.5 \%

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.