Commander

Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

605 Wins

1681 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Maralen, Fae Ascendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,297 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (605–1681) at an Elo of 1,510, ranking #1789 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.44 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Maralen, Fae Ascendant's win rate?

Maralen, Fae Ascendant has a 26% win rate across 2297 recorded Playgroup games (605 wins, 1681 losses).

How long do winning games with Maralen, Fae Ascendant take?

Wins with Maralen, Fae Ascendant take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Maralen, Fae Ascendant?

789 decks list Maralen, Fae Ascendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 582 have played at least one recorded game.

Maralen, Fae Ascendant Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1789

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1510

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.44

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 789

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 582

No. games played with this commander 2297

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1553	Arkonos	3	2	67 %
2	1539	Treffor	11	3	27 %
3	1526	Aleandro	3	2	67 %
4	1524	Nadja Glaser	2	2	100 %
5	1523	SagePhoenixDM	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins, 55.9% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

55.9%

Mill

13.87%

Non Combat Damage

8.28%

Combo

7.45%

Alternative

7.25%

Commander Damage

6.83%

Poison

0.41%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 617 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Maralen, Fae Ascendant decks that leave them out.

+10.9 pp

Top card: Deadeye Navigator

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Deadeye Navigator 42 games	+10.9 pp	42
2	Leaf-Crowned Visionary 49 games	+6.2 pp	49
3	Circle of Dreams Druid 61 games	+5.5 pp	61
4	Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor 141 games	+3.6 pp	141
5	Arcane Denial 95 games	+3.5 pp	95
6	Black Market Connections 80 games	+2.8 pp	80
7	Opulent Palace 128 games	+2.3 pp	128
8	Spell Stutter 131 games	+1.4 pp	131
9	Voracious Tome-Skimmer 127 games	+0.5 pp	127
10	Cloud of Faeries 115 games	+0.5 pp	115

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?

Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins 31.6% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.6% n=655

Seat 2

28.16% n=696

Seat 3

22.8% n=522

Seat 4

19.44% n=324

Seat 5

10.81% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins 27.76% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.76% n=652

1 mulligan

27.65% n=452

2 mulligans

22.47% n=158

3 mulligans

24.0% n=50

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Maralen, Fae Ascendant 3.75/5 on average, across 1620 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 619 tracked wins.

68.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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