Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global Commander Stats

All Simic commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

3692 Wins

8350 Losses

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Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,045 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (3692–8350) at an Elo of 1,522, ranking #1526 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 209 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Jul 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 12045 recorded Playgroup games (3692 wins, 8350 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?

3,600 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,184 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1526

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1522

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 209

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3600

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2184

No. games played with this commander 12045

Total hours played 3 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1650	Benous	55	31	58 %
2	1612	MagicoCaprone	7	4	57 %
3	1609	Data Priest	35	15	43 %
4	1607	Gennio89DaB34ST	20	14	70 %
5	1600	Robert Shea	15	6	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, 79.11% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

79.11%

Commander Damage

11.31%

Alternative

7.53%

Combo

0.83%

Non Combat Damage

0.83%

Poison

0.35%

Mill

0.04%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 3801 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 39.96% of games from position 1 and 16.4% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.96% n=3669

Seat 2

31.42% n=3755

Seat 3

25.8% n=2830

Seat 4

17.34% n=1649

Seat 5

16.4% n=250

Seat 6

17.86% n=28

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.06% after 0 mulligans and 22.22% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.06% n=5560

1 mulligan

30.75% n=1600

2 mulligans

28.7% n=547

3 mulligans

25.3% n=166

4 mulligans

21.05% n=38

5 mulligans

22.22% n=9

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hakbal of the Surging Soul 3.6/5 on average, across 8403 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 3807 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

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.