Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Global Commander Stats

152 Wins

319 Losses

Summary

Haldan, Avid Arcanist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 471 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (152–319) at an Elo of 1,732, ranking #21 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Haldan, Avid Arcanist's win rate?

Haldan, Avid Arcanist has a 32% win rate across 471 recorded Playgroup games (152 wins, 319 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?

239 decks list Haldan, Avid Arcanist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 113 have played at least one recorded game.

Haldan, Avid Arcanist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1732

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

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 239

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 113

No. games played with this commander 471

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1683	Krevin	17	10	59 %
2	1563	Zoejja	3	2	67 %
3	1544	Swiz	10	4	40 %
4	1512	lilwashu	1	1	100 %
5	1511	Monti1000	4	1	25 %

How does this commander win?

When Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins, 57.52% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

57.52%

Combat

30.97%

Alternative

6.19%

Non Combat Damage

4.42%

Mill

0.88%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 152 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

38.89% n=126

Seat 2

32.56% n=129

Seat 3

25.0% n=96

Seat 4

22.22% n=90

Seat 5

40.0% n=20

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins 31.22% after 0 mulligans and 44.44% after 3 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.22% n=221

1 mulligan

40.0% n=90

2 mulligans

20.59% n=34

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 3.77/5 on average, across 317 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.5% of the time across 152 tracked wins.

62.5 \%

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.