Commander

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

3900 Wins

8818 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,742 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (3900–8818) at an Elo of 1,529, ranking #1455 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 100620 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 12742 recorded Playgroup games (3900 wins, 8818 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?

3,842 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,289 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1455

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1529

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 100620

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 3842

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2289

No. games played with this commander 12742

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, 79.24% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.24%

Commander Damage

11.14%

Alternative

7.4%

Non Combat Damage

0.97%

Combo

0.82%

Poison

0.34%

Mill

0.07%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4001 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.

+8.2 pp

Top card: Mindspring Merfolk

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Mindspring Merfolk 174 games	+8.2 pp	174
2	Cenote Scout 213 games	+4.6 pp	213
3	Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze 271 games	+4.4 pp	271
4	Mana Drain 157 games	+3.9 pp	157
5	Kodama of the West Tree Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+3.3 pp	53
6	Topography Tracker 1,302 games	+2.1 pp	1,302
7	Namor the Sub-Mariner 38 games	+1.5 pp	38
8	Exploration 302 games	+1.1 pp	302
9	Flooded Grove 435 games	+1.0 pp	435
10	Arcane Denial 153 games	+0.7 pp	153

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Deeproot Pilgrimage 790 games	+0.5 pp	790
12	Roaming Throne 476 games	+0.4 pp	476
13	Bred for the Hunt 208 games	+0.4 pp	208
14	Jadelight Spelunker 300 games	+0.3 pp	300
15	Thieving Skydiver 1,068 games	+0.1 pp	1,068

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 39.83% of games from position 1 and 16.92% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.83% n=3809

Seat 2

31.22% n=3921

Seat 3

25.58% n=2948

Seat 4

17.6% n=1722

Seat 5

16.92% n=260

Seat 6

23.33% n=30

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.08% after 0 mulligans and 27.27% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.08% n=5808

1 mulligan

30.91% n=1726

2 mulligans

28.47% n=590

3 mulligans

24.71% n=170

4 mulligans

20.93% n=43

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 8852 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.4% of the time across 4017 tracked wins.

67.4 \%

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.