Commander

Nine-Fingers Keene

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

406 Wins

716 Losses

Overview

Summary

Nine-Fingers Keene is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,125 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (406–716) at an Elo of 1,634, ranking #336 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 53 damage dealt and 0.49 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Nine-Fingers Keene's win rate?

Nine-Fingers Keene has a 36% win rate across 1125 recorded Playgroup games (406 wins, 716 losses).

How long do winning games with Nine-Fingers Keene take?

Wins with Nine-Fingers Keene take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Nine-Fingers Keene?

518 decks list Nine-Fingers Keene as their commander on Playgroup, of which 263 have played at least one recorded game.

Nine-Fingers Keene Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

336

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1634

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 53

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.49

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 518

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 263

No. games played with this commander 1125

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1727	Morgan	27	14	52 %
2	1645	Hamon	10	7	70 %
3	1598	DraeganDeez	5	4	80 %
4	1584	DraeganDeez	7	4	57 %
5	1562	BoomRaccoon	5	2	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Nine-Fingers Keene wins, 61.72% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

61.72%

Combat

17.8%

Commander Damage

10.68%

Combo

7.12%

Non Combat Damage

2.67%

Avg win turn 8.4 based on 416 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Nine-Fingers Keene

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Nine-Fingers Keene decks that leave them out.

+9.1 pp

Top card: Spelunking

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Spelunking 145 games	+9.1 pp	145
2	Exploration Signature build 38 games · Signature build	+7.4 pp	38
3	Talon Gates of Madara 136 games	+4.5 pp	136
4	Tireless Provisioner 113 games	+4.4 pp	113
5	Tiller Engine Signature build 87 games · Signature build	+3.1 pp	87
6	Lotus Cobra Signature build 91 games · Signature build	+1.5 pp	91
7	Urza's Cave Signature build 93 games · Signature build	+0.3 pp	93

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?

Nine-Fingers Keene wins 44.25% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.25% n=339

Seat 2

36.63% n=303

Seat 3

32.1% n=257

Seat 4

29.38% n=177

Seat 5

21.21% n=33

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nine-Fingers Keene wins 35.84% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.84% n=505

1 mulligan

38.97% n=213

2 mulligans

28.95% n=76

3 mulligans

29.41% n=17

4 mulligans

40.0% n=5

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Nine-Fingers Keene 3.91/5 on average, across 836 self-reports.

3.91 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Nine-Fingers Keene wins, opponents flag the game as salty 44.8% of the time across 420 tracked wins.

44.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Nine-Fingers Keene. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.