Commander

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

4083 Wins

9210 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,376 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (4083–9210) at an Elo of 1,577, ranking #776 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 95789 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 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 13376 recorded Playgroup games (4083 wins, 9210 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?

4,026 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,435 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

776

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1577

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 95789

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 4026

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2435

No. games played with this commander 13376

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, 79.37% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.37%

Commander Damage

10.92%

Alternative

7.39%

Non Combat Damage

1.03%

Combo

0.89%

Poison

0.32%

Mill

0.07%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4182 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.

+10.6 pp

Top card: Command Tower

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Command Tower 1,510 games	+10.6 pp	1,510
2	Mindspring Merfolk 211 games	+7.0 pp	211
3	Cenote Scout 233 games	+4.3 pp	233
4	Mutavault Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+3.9 pp	35
5	Mana Drain 164 games	+3.3 pp	164
6	Force of Negation Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+3.1 pp	37
7	Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze 290 games	+2.9 pp	290
8	Hardened Scales 1,593 games	+2.9 pp	1,593
9	Kodama of the West Tree Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+2.9 pp	59
10	Arcane Denial 167 games	+2.8 pp	167

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Flooded Grove 487 games	+2.6 pp	487
12	Daughter of the Deep 61 games	+2.2 pp	61
13	Yavimaya Coast 627 games	+1.7 pp	627
14	Roaming Throne 558 games	+1.4 pp	558
15	Namor the Sub-Mariner 61 games	+1.3 pp	61

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 39.64% of games from position 1 and 16.85% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.64% n=4067

Seat 2

31.47% n=4204

Seat 3

25.34% n=3090

Seat 4

17.55% n=1821

Seat 5

16.85% n=267

Seat 6

23.33% n=30

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.05% after 0 mulligans and 27.27% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.05% n=5946

1 mulligan

30.76% n=1848

2 mulligans

28.89% n=637

3 mulligans

25.0% n=184

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 9206 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.8% of the time across 4200 tracked wins.

67.8 \%

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.