Commander

Kenrith, the Returned King

Global commander stats

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1823 Wins

3853 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kenrith, the Returned King is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,684 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1823–3853) at an Elo of 1,592, ranking #586 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 683084 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kenrith, the Returned King's win rate?

Kenrith, the Returned King has a 32% win rate across 5684 recorded Playgroup games (1823 wins, 3853 losses).

How long do winning games with Kenrith, the Returned King take?

Wins with Kenrith, the Returned King take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Kenrith, the Returned King?

1,958 decks list Kenrith, the Returned King as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,089 have played at least one recorded game.

Kenrith, the Returned King Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

586

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1592

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 683084

Average commander damage per game 464

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1958

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1089

No. games played with this commander 5684

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1690	DaddyBurns	10	8	80 %
2	1682	RotBear	23	13	62 %
3	1641	Garrett Skolaski	35	16	46 %
4	1611	Steve Garate	5	4	80 %
5	1595	DeadLok3119	13	7	58 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kenrith, the Returned King wins, 41.98% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

41.98%

Alternative

20.03%

Combo

16.12%

Non Combat Damage

12.37%

Commander Damage

6.15%

Mill

2.71%

Poison

0.64%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 1862 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kenrith, the Returned King

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kenrith, the Returned King decks that leave them out.

+7.6 pp

Top card: Vault of Champions

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Vault of Champions Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+7.6 pp	54
2	Cyclonic Rift 63 games	+6.9 pp	63
3	Deflecting Swat 58 games	+6.7 pp	58
4	Demonic Tutor 130 games	+5.9 pp	130
5	Gluntch, the Bestower Signature build 96 games · Signature build	+5.0 pp	96
6	Force of Will Signature build 56 games · Signature build	+4.5 pp	56
7	Sandsteppe Citadel Signature build 85 games · Signature build	+3.8 pp	85
8	Emiel the Blessed Signature build 73 games · Signature build	+3.8 pp	73
9	Smothering Tithe 144 games	+3.0 pp	144
10	Agatha of the Vile Cauldron 224 games	+2.4 pp	224

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	The World Tree 151 games	+2.3 pp	151
12	Training Grounds 175 games	+2.0 pp	175
13	Arcane Signet 425 games	+1.7 pp	425
14	Rejuvenating Springs Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	55
15	Biomancer's Familiar 193 games	+0.7 pp	193

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?

Kenrith, the Returned King wins 40.59% of games from position 1 and 23.24% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.59% n=1552

Seat 2

34.06% n=1465

Seat 3

28.14% n=1251

Seat 4

24.3% n=823

Seat 5

23.24% n=142

Seat 6

26.32% n=19

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kenrith, the Returned King wins 32.85% after 0 mulligans and 60.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.85% n=2647

1 mulligan

32.21% n=742

2 mulligans

30.43% n=253

3 mulligans

26.26% n=99

4 mulligans

23.81% n=21

5 mulligans

60.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kenrith, the Returned King 3.7/5 on average, across 3429 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kenrith, the Returned King wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.6% of the time across 1863 tracked wins.

58.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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