Kess, Dissident Mage

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 32%
356 Wins
736 Losses

Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,092 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (356736) at an Elo of 1,667, ranking #139 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 158 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Kess, Dissident Mage's win rate?

Kess, Dissident Mage has a 32% win rate across 1092 recorded Playgroup games (356 wins, 736 losses).

How long do winning games with Kess, Dissident Mage take?

Wins with Kess, Dissident Mage take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Kess, Dissident Mage?

516 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 266 have played at least one recorded game.

Kess, Dissident Mage Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
139
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1667

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 158
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.63
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 516
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 266
No. games played with this commander 1092
Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1700 MisguidedGh0st 13 11
2 1643 Skullblade 24 18
3 1602 eli.lamborn 10 5
4 1586 lenny 9 5
5 1570 John Naffziger 6 3

How does this commander win?

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, 32.28% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
32.28%
Combo
27.02%
Combat
23.86%
Alternative
9.82%
Mill
5.61%
Commander Damage
0.7%
Poison
0.7%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 370 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 37.94% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.94% n=311
2
Seat 2
33.55% n=301
3
Seat 3
31.27% n=259
4
Seat 4
25.99% n=177
5
Seat 5
16.0% n=25
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kess, Dissident Mage wins 32.85% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.85% n=548
1
1 mulligan
30.92% n=152
2
2 mulligans
30.43% n=69
3
3 mulligans
37.5% n=24
4
4 mulligans
85.71% n=7
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kess, Dissident Mage 3.78/5 on average, across 792 self-reports.

3.78 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.9% of the time across 370 tracked wins.

71.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kess, Dissident Mage. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

Kibo, Uktabi Prince commander art
80.0%
Kykar, Wind's Fury commander art
66.67%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
60.0%
Meren of Clan Nel Toth commander art
54.55%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier commander art
51.85%

Top 5 worst matchups

Zurgo Stormrender commander art
9.09%
Tivit, Seller of Secrets commander art
9.09%
Rocco, Street Chef commander art
10.0%
Muldrotha, the Gravetide commander art
10.0%