Commander

Helga, Skittish Seer

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

1883 Wins

2999 Losses

Overview

Summary

Helga, Skittish Seer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,919 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (1883–2999) at an Elo of 1,643, ranking #257 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 569336 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Helga, Skittish Seer's win rate?

Helga, Skittish Seer has a 38% win rate across 4919 recorded Playgroup games (1883 wins, 2999 losses).

How long do winning games with Helga, Skittish Seer take?

Wins with Helga, Skittish Seer take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Helga, Skittish Seer?

1,317 decks list Helga, Skittish Seer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 842 have played at least one recorded game.

Helga, Skittish Seer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

257

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1643

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 569336

Average commander damage per game 23

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1317

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 842

No. games played with this commander 4919

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1740	nviccione	22	15	68 %
2	1707	ReCkleSs ID10T	14	11	79 %
3	1703	Thursdays	12	10	83 %
4	1703	Jarrett13	18	11	61 %
5	1648	Therausch09	31	15	48 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Helga, Skittish Seer wins, 74.02% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

74.02%

Combo

6.87%

Commander Damage

6.44%

Alternative

6.37%

Non Combat Damage

5.72%

Poison

0.36%

Mill

0.22%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 1918 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Helga, Skittish Seer

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Helga, Skittish Seer decks that leave them out.

+17.0 pp

Top card: Concordant Crossroads

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Concordant Crossroads Signature build 104 games · Signature build	+17.0 pp	104
2	Clever Concealment Signature build 32 games · Signature build	+6.9 pp	32
3	Akroma's Will 85 games	+6.8 pp	85
4	Craterhoof Behemoth 252 games	+6.2 pp	252
5	Chulane, Teller of Tales 520 games	+5.9 pp	520
6	Chakram Retriever 353 games	+5.9 pp	353
7	Solitude 127 games	+5.8 pp	127
8	Silverback Elder 267 games	+5.8 pp	267
9	Patriar's Seal 81 games	+5.7 pp	81
10	Railway Brawler 185 games	+5.7 pp	185

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Mana Confluence 148 games	+4.9 pp	148
12	Hushwood Verge 110 games	+4.2 pp	110
13	Flooded Strand 314 games	+4.2 pp	314
14	Heroic Intervention 307 games	+3.8 pp	307
15	Nezahal, Primal Tide Signature build 50 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	50

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?

Helga, Skittish Seer wins 45.9% of games from position 1 and 22.22% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.9% n=1526

Seat 2

39.33% n=1500

Seat 3

31.15% n=1130

Seat 4

31.82% n=704

Seat 5

28.95% n=114

Seat 6

22.22% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Helga, Skittish Seer wins 38.89% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.89% n=1921

1 mulligan

38.0% n=867

2 mulligans

32.98% n=326

3 mulligans

25.81% n=93

4 mulligans

27.59% n=29

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

6 mulligans

50.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Helga, Skittish Seer 3.84/5 on average, across 3261 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Helga, Skittish Seer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.1% of the time across 1925 tracked wins.

33.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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