Commander

Kaalia of the Vast

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders
Win Rate 32%
3946 Wins
8012 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kaalia of the Vast is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,113 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (3946–8012) at an Elo of 1,505, ranking #1954 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 449354 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kaalia of the Vast's win rate?
Kaalia of the Vast has a 32% win rate across 12113 recorded Playgroup games (3946 wins, 8012 losses).
How long do winning games with Kaalia of the Vast take?
Wins with Kaalia of the Vast take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 11 months.
How many decks use Kaalia of the Vast?
3,666 decks list Kaalia of the Vast as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,024 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1954
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1505
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 449354
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.67
Average turn length 5 minutes
No. decks for this commander 3666
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2024
No. games played with this commander 12113
Total hours played 11 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1691 mporto00 29 14
2 1672 aciex 48 27
3 1667 ShockWave_70 19 12
4 1611 Kris 11 8
5 1608 zaspects 33 10
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kaalia of the Vast wins, 84.29% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
84.29%
Non Combat Damage
4.66%
Alternative
4.59%
Combo
3.33%
Commander Damage
2.56%
Mill
0.31%
Poison
0.27%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 4040 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Kaalia of the Vast

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kaalia of the Vast decks that leave them out.

+5.6 pp
Top card: Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Blast-Furnace Hellkite
Blast-Furnace Hellkite 685 games
+1.7 pp
12
Reprieve
Reprieve 49 games
+1.6 pp
13
Farewell
Farewell 367 games
+1.5 pp
14
Balefire Dragon
Balefire Dragon 1,235 games
+1.3 pp
15
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos 866 games
+1.2 pp

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?

Kaalia of the Vast wins 39.97% of games from position 1 and 18.03% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.97% n=3591
2
Seat 2
35.6% n=3619
3
Seat 3
25.99% n=2757
4
Seat 4
21.48% n=1648
5
Seat 5
18.03% n=244
6
Seat 6
39.02% n=41
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kaalia of the Vast wins 33.93% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
33.93% n=5119
1
1 mulligan
31.73% n=1650
2
2 mulligans
28.45% n=601
3
3 mulligans
28.9% n=173
4
4 mulligans
14.29% n=49
5
5 mulligans
18.75% n=16
6
6 mulligans
50.0% n=4
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kaalia of the Vast 3.6/5 on average, across 7787 self-reports.

3.6 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kaalia of the Vast wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.3% of the time across 4054 tracked wins.

66.3 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kaalia of the Vast. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Gallia of the Endless Dance commander art
69.23%
Slimefoot, the Stowaway commander art
68.75%
Greasefang, Okiba Boss commander art
60.0%
Progenitus commander art
Progenitus 10 games
60.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Marwyn, the Nurturer commander art
0.0%
Thrasios, Triton Hero commander art
0.0%
Rashmi and Ragavan commander art
0.0%