Commander

Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

706 Wins

1923 Losses

Overview

Summary

Maralen, Fae Ascendant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,662 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (706–1923) at an Elo of 1,524, ranking #1582 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.44 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 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 2662 recorded Playgroup games (706 wins, 1923 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?

900 decks list Maralen, Fae Ascendant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 657 have played at least one recorded game.

Maralen, Fae Ascendant Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1582

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1524

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

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 900

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 657

No. games played with this commander 2662

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1565	Robot	13	6	46 %
2	1558	OGDaYungStroker	2	2	100 %
3	1555	Daralur	2	2	100 %
4	1544	Treffor	13	4	31 %
5	1540	Arkonos	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins, 56.78% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.78%

Mill

13.19%

Non Combat Damage

8.79%

Commander Damage

7.14%

Combo

6.96%

Alternative

6.78%

Poison

0.37%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 715 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.

+10.3 pp

Top card: Deadeye Navigator

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Deadeye Navigator 44 games	+10.3 pp	44
2	Opulent Palace 176 games	+5.7 pp	176
3	Leaf-Crowned Visionary 74 games	+5.2 pp	74
4	Arcane Denial 128 games	+5.1 pp	128
5	Spell Stutter 170 games	+3.4 pp	170
6	Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor 199 games	+3.4 pp	199
7	Circle of Dreams Druid 78 games	+3.2 pp	78
8	Zagoth Triome 175 games	+2.4 pp	175
9	Alela, Cunning Conqueror 257 games	+1.9 pp	257
10	Nature's Lore 129 games	+1.9 pp	129

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Elvish Harbinger 64 games	+1.5 pp	64
12	Maraleaf Pixie 198 games	+1.2 pp	198
13	Black Market Connections 107 games	+1.0 pp	107
14	Stolen by the Fae 95 games	+0.8 pp	95
15	Voracious Tome-Skimmer 191 games	+0.4 pp	191

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 32.32% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.32% n=789

Seat 2

29.04% n=842

Seat 3

22.21% n=601

Seat 4

18.35% n=376

Seat 5

9.52% n=42

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins 28.03% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.03% n=742

1 mulligan

28.07% n=522

2 mulligans

22.19% n=187

3 mulligans

23.53% n=51

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

5 mulligans

40.0% n=5

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Maralen, Fae Ascendant 3.77/5 on average, across 1835 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Maralen, Fae Ascendant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.4% of the time across 716 tracked wins.

70.4 \%

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.