Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Global Commander Stats

All Izzet commanders

132 Wins

733 Losses

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Summary

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 865 recorded Playgroup games, winning 15% of them (132–733) at an Elo of 1,378, ranking #4245 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 865 recorded Playgroup games (132 wins, 733 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?

338 decks list Ian Malcolm, Chaotician as their commander on Playgroup, of which 206 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

4245

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1378

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 338

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 206

No. games played with this commander 865

Total hours played 16 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. 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 %

How does this commander win?

When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins, 40.51% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

40.51%

Combat

20.25%

Alternative

16.46%

Mill

15.19%

Combo

5.06%

Commander Damage

1.27%

Poison

1.27%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 133 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins 16.82% of games from position 2 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

16.4% n=250

Seat 2

16.82% n=214

Seat 3

13.62% n=213

Seat 4

13.45% n=171

Seat 5

4.76% n=21

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins 14.39% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

14.39% n=403

1 mulligan

16.38% n=116

2 mulligans

7.89% n=38

3 mulligans

0.0% n=7

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 3.86/5 on average, across 618 self-reports.

3.86 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.4% of the time across 133 tracked wins.

68.4 \%

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.