Commander

Helga, Skittish Seer

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

1649 Wins

2644 Losses

Overview

Summary

Helga, Skittish Seer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,324 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (1649–2644) at an Elo of 1,610, ranking #456 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 38 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Sep 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 4324 recorded Playgroup games (1649 wins, 2644 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Helga, Skittish Seer?

1,093 decks list Helga, Skittish Seer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 701 have played at least one recorded game.

Helga, Skittish Seer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

456

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1610

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 38

Average commander damage per game 25

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.75

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1093

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 701

No. games played with this commander 4324

Total hours played 24 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1740	nviccione	22	15	68 %
2	1703	Jarrett13	18	11	61 %
3	1703	Thursdays	12	10	83 %
4	1629	Therausch09	30	14	47 %
5	1628	JollyJeskai	5	4	80 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Helga, Skittish Seer wins, 73.31% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.31%

Commander Damage

7.0%

Combo

6.92%

Alternative

6.35%

Non Combat Damage

5.86%

Poison

0.41%

Mill

0.16%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 1682 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.

+12.8 pp

Top card: Heroic Intervention

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Heroic Intervention 168 games	+12.8 pp	168
2	Silverback Elder 178 games	+8.4 pp	178
3	Chakram Retriever 259 games	+8.4 pp	259
4	Bountiful Promenade 152 games	+7.8 pp	152
5	Flooded Strand 158 games	+7.5 pp	158
6	Otawara, Soaring City 67 games	+7.2 pp	67
7	Minamo, School at Water's Edge 74 games	+7.1 pp	74
8	Mana Confluence 82 games	+6.9 pp	82
9	Railway Brawler 118 games	+6.3 pp	118
10	Patriar's Seal 68 games	+6.1 pp	68

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Chulane, Teller of Tales 315 games	+6.0 pp	315
12	Stubborn Denial 53 games	+5.4 pp	53
13	Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 95 games	+4.8 pp	95
14	Beast Whisperer 231 games	+4.7 pp	231
15	Shalai, Voice of Plenty 241 games	+4.6 pp	241

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 45.72% of games from position 1 and 22.22% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.72% n=1321

Seat 2

39.13% n=1297

Seat 3

30.97% n=1017

Seat 4

31.46% n=642

Seat 5

30.1% n=103

Seat 6

22.22% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Helga, Skittish Seer wins 38.64% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.64% n=1822

1 mulligan

37.9% n=773

2 mulligans

31.09% n=275

3 mulligans

25.64% n=78

4 mulligans

25.0% n=28

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 3.82/5 on average, across 3008 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Helga, Skittish Seer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 1688 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

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.