Commander

Helga, Skittish Seer

Global commander stats

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1510 Wins

2424 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Helga, Skittish Seer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,936 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (1510–2424) at an Elo of 1,641, ranking #242 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 40 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 3936 recorded Playgroup games (1510 wins, 2424 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: 7 months.

How many decks use Helga, Skittish Seer?

979 decks list Helga, Skittish Seer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 634 have played at least one recorded game.

Helga, Skittish Seer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

242

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1641

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 40

Average commander damage per game 26

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 9 minutes

No. decks for this commander 979

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 634

No. games played with this commander 3936

Total hours played 7 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1729	nviccione	21	14	67 %
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, 73.09% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.09%

Combo

7.12%

Commander Damage

7.12%

Alternative

6.6%

Non Combat Damage

5.54%

Poison

0.35%

Mill

0.18%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 1546 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.

+13.8 pp

Top card: Heroic Intervention

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Heroic Intervention 138 games	+13.8 pp	138
2	Silverback Elder 132 games	+11.3 pp	132
3	Chakram Retriever 218 games	+10.3 pp	218
4	Beast Whisperer 189 games	+7.4 pp	189
5	Flooded Strand 123 games	+7.1 pp	123
6	Reliquary Tower 205 games	+7.1 pp	205
7	Bountiful Promenade 120 games	+6.3 pp	120
8	Chulane, Teller of Tales 257 games	+6.1 pp	257
9	Stubborn Denial 49 games	+5.6 pp	49
10	Lightning Greaves Signature build 73 games · Signature build	+4.8 pp	73

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Misty Rainforest 85 games	+4.8 pp	85
12	Minamo, School at Water's Edge 54 games	+4.5 pp	54
13	Seedborn Muse 96 games	+4.4 pp	96
14	Shalai, Voice of Plenty 205 games	+4.3 pp	205
15	Otawara, Soaring City Signature build 50 games · Signature build	+4.1 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 45.86% of games from position 1 and 22.22% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.86% n=1195

Seat 2

39.53% n=1161

Seat 3

30.84% n=934

Seat 4

31.84% n=603

Seat 5

30.3% n=99

Seat 6

22.22% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Helga, Skittish Seer wins 38.55% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.55% n=1707

1 mulligan

37.43% n=708

2 mulligans

32.0% n=250

3 mulligans

26.76% n=71

4 mulligans

28.0% n=25

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 3.81/5 on average, across 2814 self-reports.

3.81 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Helga, Skittish Seer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 1547 tracked wins.

67.0 \%

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.