Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Global Commander Stats

147 Wins

316 Losses

Summary

Haldan, Avid Arcanist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 463 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (147–316) at an Elo of 1,657, ranking #168 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Haldan, Avid Arcanist's win rate?

Haldan, Avid Arcanist has a 31% win rate across 463 recorded Playgroup games (147 wins, 316 losses).

How long do winning games with Haldan, Avid Arcanist take?

Wins with Haldan, Avid Arcanist take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use Haldan, Avid Arcanist?

235 decks list Haldan, Avid Arcanist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 110 have played at least one recorded game.

Haldan, Avid Arcanist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

168

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1657

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 10

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.89

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 235

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 110

No. games played with this commander 463

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1683	Krevin	17	10	59 %
2	1544	Swiz	10	4	40 %
3	1512	lilwashu	1	1	100 %
4	1511	Monti1000	4	1	25 %
5	1500	BaldingWookie	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins, 60.19% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

60.19%

Combat

27.78%

Alternative

6.48%

Non Combat Damage

4.63%

Mill

0.93%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 147 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins 40.0% of games from position 5 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.52% n=122

Seat 2

31.75% n=126

Seat 3

25.0% n=96

Seat 4

21.35% n=89

Seat 5

40.0% n=20

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins 31.36% after 0 mulligans and 44.44% after 3 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.36% n=220

1 mulligan

38.64% n=88

2 mulligans

18.18% n=33

3 mulligans

44.44% n=9

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Haldan, Avid Arcanist 3.75/5 on average, across 309 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 61.2% of the time across 147 tracked wins.

61.2 \%

Best and worst matchups

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