Commander

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

138 Wins

752 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 890 recorded Playgroup games, winning 15% of them (138–752) at an Elo of 1,447, ranking #3997 globally.

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

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ian Malcolm, Chaotician's win rate?

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician has a 15% win rate across 890 recorded Playgroup games (138 wins, 752 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: 16 days.

How many decks use Ian Malcolm, Chaotician?

347 decks list Ian Malcolm, Chaotician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 215 have played at least one recorded game.

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3997

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1447

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.33

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 347

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 215

No. games played with this commander 890

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1535	Nathan_C_4358	1	1	100 %
2	1495	Clara	10	2	20 %
3	1476	Hoppernicus	9	2	22 %
4	1476	Ariel Carignan	2	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins, 39.76% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

39.76%

Combat

21.69%

Mill

15.66%

Alternative

15.66%

Combo

4.82%

Commander Damage

1.2%

Poison

1.2%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 139 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins 17.35% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

16.22% n=259

Seat 2

17.35% n=219

Seat 3

14.16% n=219

Seat 4

13.71% n=175

Seat 5

4.55% n=22

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins 14.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

14.53% n=413

1 mulligan

16.67% n=120

2 mulligans

7.89% n=38

3 mulligans

0.0% n=7

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician 3.86/5 on average, across 634 self-reports.

3.86 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.1% of the time across 139 tracked wins.

69.1 \%

Head to head

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.