Commander

Helga, Skittish Seer

Global commander stats

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1564 Wins

2505 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Helga, Skittish Seer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,078 recorded Playgroup games, winning 38% of them (1564–2505) at an Elo of 1,623, ranking #358 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 39 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 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 4078 recorded Playgroup games (1564 wins, 2505 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Helga, Skittish Seer?

1,047 decks list Helga, Skittish Seer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 656 have played at least one recorded game.

Helga, Skittish Seer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

358

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1623

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 39

Average commander damage per game 26

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.76

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 1047

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 656

No. games played with this commander 4078

Total hours played 21 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, 73.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.13%

Commander Damage

7.23%

Combo

6.89%

Alternative

6.46%

Non Combat Damage

5.7%

Poison

0.43%

Mill

0.17%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 1602 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.

+15.2 pp

Top card: Heroic Intervention

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Heroic Intervention 147 games	+15.2 pp	147
2	Silverback Elder 152 games	+9.7 pp	152
3	Bountiful Promenade 129 games	+9.5 pp	129
4	Chakram Retriever 240 games	+8.8 pp	240
5	Stubborn Denial 52 games	+7.3 pp	52
6	Flooded Strand 137 games	+6.9 pp	137
7	Patriar's Seal 57 games	+6.4 pp	57
8	Beast Whisperer 206 games	+6.2 pp	206
9	Otawara, Soaring City 53 games	+5.9 pp	53
10	Railway Brawler 99 games	+5.8 pp	99

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Reliquary Tower 227 games	+5.5 pp	227
12	Minamo, School at Water's Edge 58 games	+5.4 pp	58
13	Misty Rainforest 95 games	+5.0 pp	95
14	Akroma's Will 62 games	+4.5 pp	62
15	Mana Confluence 80 games	+4.3 pp	80

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 46.03% of games from position 1 and 22.22% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.03% n=1223

Seat 2

39.38% n=1201

Seat 3

31.0% n=958

Seat 4

31.66% n=616

Seat 5

29.7% n=101

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=1764

1 mulligan

37.8% n=738

2 mulligans

31.2% n=266

3 mulligans

27.03% n=74

4 mulligans

26.92% n=26

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 2914 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Helga, Skittish Seer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.4% of the time across 1605 tracked wins.

67.4 \%

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.