Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 15%
126 Wins
702 Losses

Summary

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 828 recorded Playgroup games, winning 15% of them (126702) at an Elo of 1,283, ranking #4198 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.33 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's win rate?

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician has a 15% win rate across 828 recorded Playgroup games (126 wins, 702 losses).

How long do winning games with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician take?

Wins with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 10 days.

How many decks use Ian Malcolm, Chaotician?

324 decks list Ian Malcolm, Chaotician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 196 have played at least one recorded game.

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
4198
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1283

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Commander Popularity Trend

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.33
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 324
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 196
No. games played with this commander 828
Total hours played 10 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1535 Nathan_C_4358 1 1
2 1495 Clara 10 2
3 1476 Hoppernicus 9 2
4 1476 Ariel Carignan 2 0

How does this commander win?

When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins, 42.67% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
42.67%
Combat
18.67%
Alternative
17.33%
Mill
14.67%
Combo
5.33%
Commander Damage
1.33%
Avg win turn 9.1 based on 127 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins 17.56% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
15.61% n=237
2
Seat 2
17.56% n=205
3
Seat 3
13.59% n=206
4
Seat 4
13.41% n=164
5
Seat 5
5.0% n=20
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins 14.29% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
14.29% n=392
1
1 mulligan
17.27% n=110
2
2 mulligans
5.56% n=36
3
3 mulligans
0.0% n=6
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician 3.84/5 on average, across 587 self-reports.

3.84 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.3% of the time across 127 tracked wins.

69.3 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ian Malcolm, Chaotician. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor commander art
50.0%
Bello, Bard of the Brambles commander art
31.25%
Kaalia of the Vast commander art
30.77%
Aragorn, the Uniter commander art
30.0%
Alela, Artful Provocateur commander art
30.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Krenko, Mob Boss commander art
Krenko, Mob Boss 11 games
0.0%
The Wise Mothman commander art
The Wise Mothman 20 games
0.0%
Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
0.0%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
0.0%
Doran, Besieged by Time commander art
0.0%