Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Global Commander Stats

149 Wins

322 Losses

Summary

Haldan, Avid Arcanist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 471 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (149–322) at an Elo of 1,686, ranking #77 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.88 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 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 471 recorded Playgroup games (149 wins, 322 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?

243 decks list Haldan, Avid Arcanist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 114 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1686

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 0.88

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 243

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 114

No. games played with this commander 471

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1658	Krevin	17	10	59 %
2	1550	Zoejja	4	2	50 %
3	1544	Swiz	10	4	40 %
4	1525	carlosdaniel	2	1	50 %
5	1512	lilwashu	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins, 59.63% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

59.63%

Combat

29.36%

Alternative

6.42%

Non Combat Damage

3.67%

Mill

0.92%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 149 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

31.25% n=128

Seat 3

24.74% n=97

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 30.94% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 3 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.94% n=223

1 mulligan

39.56% n=91

2 mulligans

15.63% n=32

3 mulligans

40.0% n=10

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 315 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Haldan, Avid Arcanist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 61.1% of the time across 149 tracked wins.

61.1 \%

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.