Commander

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence

Global commander stats

All White commanders

89 Wins

184 Losses

Overview

Summary

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 276 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (89–184) at an Elo of 1,478, ranking #4051 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.47 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence's win rate?

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence has a 32% win rate across 276 recorded Playgroup games (89 wins, 184 losses).

How long do winning games with Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence take?

Wins with Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 days.

How many decks use Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence?

118 decks list Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence as their commander on Playgroup, of which 65 have played at least one recorded game.

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4051

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1478

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.47

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 118

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 65

No. games played with this commander 276

Total hours played 3 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1607	Tamamo	7	5	71 %
2	1542	Thalioden	9	6	67 %
3	1505	Ray	28	6	21 %
4	1499	Itharian90@gmail.com	4	2	50 %
5	1488	Ginngerassassin	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence wins, 58.14% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.14%

Alternative

32.56%

Non Combat Damage

6.98%

Combo

2.33%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 88 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence wins 33.87% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.87% n=62

Seat 2

20.31% n=64

Seat 3

21.82% n=55

Seat 4

29.03% n=31

Seat 5

8.33% n=12

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence wins 27.59% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 2 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.59% n=116

1 mulligan

12.5% n=16

2 mulligans

0.0% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence 3.51/5 on average, across 136 self-reports.

3.51 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence wins, opponents flag the game as salty 21.3% of the time across 89 tracked wins.

21.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.