Commander

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

448 Wins

995 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,455 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (448–995) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #1011 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief's win rate?

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief has a 30% win rate across 1455 recorded Playgroup games (448 wins, 995 losses).

How long do winning games with Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief take?

Wins with Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 16 days.

How many decks use Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief?

585 decks list Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief as their commander on Playgroup, of which 321 have played at least one recorded game.

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1011

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1559

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 585

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 321

No. games played with this commander 1455

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1607	pedromiranda	14	7	50 %
2	1587	Average Joe_e	7	4	57 %
3	1566	J44	11	5	45 %
4	1547	Tiago Silveira	6	2	33 %
5	1544	TheOneDrRandom	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief wins, 50.18% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

50.18%

Commander Damage

26.86%

Poison

16.61%

Non Combat Damage

2.83%

Alternative

1.77%

Combo

1.41%

Mill

0.35%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 455 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief decks that leave them out.

+2.2 pp

Top card: Rampant Growth

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Rampant Growth 57 games	+2.2 pp	57
2	Slippery Bogle 57 games	+0.4 pp	57
3	Errant, Street Artist 59 games	+0.1 pp	59

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?

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief wins 40.05% of games from position 1 and 17.21% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.05% n=377

Seat 2

29.59% n=392

Seat 3

27.39% n=314

Seat 4

17.21% n=215

Seat 5

21.43% n=28

Seat 6

33.33% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief wins 29.08% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.08% n=619

1 mulligan

34.12% n=211

2 mulligans

27.08% n=96

3 mulligans

36.36% n=33

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief 3.65/5 on average, across 970 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.3% of the time across 456 tracked wins.

35.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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