Commander

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders Featured in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

3788 Wins

8566 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,365 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (3788–8566) at an Elo of 1,597, ranking #565 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 52108 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 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 12365 recorded Playgroup games (3788 wins, 8566 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?

3,666 decks list Hakbal of the Surging Soul as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,212 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

565

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1597

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 52108

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 3666

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2212

No. games played with this commander 12365

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1633	Benous	56	31	57 %
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, 78.97% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

78.97%

Commander Damage

11.29%

Alternative

7.59%

Non Combat Damage

0.89%

Combo

0.85%

Poison

0.35%

Mill

0.08%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 3892 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.

+8.7 pp

Top card: Mindspring Merfolk

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Mindspring Merfolk 161 games	+8.7 pp	161
2	Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze 241 games	+5.6 pp	241
3	Cenote Scout 197 games	+3.6 pp	197
4	Topography Tracker 1,201 games	+1.3 pp	1,201
5	Exploration 269 games	+1.0 pp	269
6	Deeproot Pilgrimage 725 games	+0.8 pp	725
7	Bred for the Hunt 191 games	+0.7 pp	191
8	Lightning Greaves 286 games	+0.7 pp	286
9	Flooded Grove 390 games	+0.6 pp	390
10	Roaming Throne 426 games	+0.6 pp	426

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Jadelight Spelunker 293 games	+0.2 pp	293
12	Tide Shaper 244 games	+0.2 pp	244
13	Empress Galina 69 games	+0.2 pp	69
14	Yavimaya Coast 497 games	+0.1 pp	497
15	Over the Edge Signature build 77 games · Signature build	+0.0 pp	77

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 39.98% of games from position 1 and 16.6% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.98% n=3737

Seat 2

31.19% n=3848

Seat 3

25.76% n=2884

Seat 4

17.45% n=1685

Seat 5

16.6% n=253

Seat 6

17.86% n=28

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hakbal of the Surging Soul wins 31.13% after 0 mulligans and 27.27% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.13% n=5677

1 mulligan

30.62% n=1649

2 mulligans

28.65% n=569

3 mulligans

25.0% n=168

4 mulligans

20.0% n=40

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 8609 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 3900 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.