Commander

Kess, Dissident Mage

Global commander stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders
Win Rate 31%
421 Wins
886 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,327 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (421–886) at an Elo of 1,527, ranking #1563 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 126 damage dealt and 0.61 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 31% win rate across 1327 recorded Playgroup games (421 wins, 886 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: 14 days.
How many decks use Kess, Dissident Mage?
631 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 326 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1563
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1527
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 126
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.61
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 631
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 326
No. games played with this commander 1327
Total hours played 14 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1700 MisguidedGh0st 13 11
2 1653 eli.lamborn 12 7
3 1627 Skullblade 25 18
4 1577 lenny 9 5
5 1558 John Naffziger 7 3
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, 34.15% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
34.15%
Combat
24.31%
Combo
24.0%
Alternative
9.85%
Mill
5.54%
Poison
1.23%
Commander Damage
0.92%
Avg win turn 8.4 based on 432 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Kess, Dissident Mage

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kess, Dissident Mage decks that leave them out.

+2.6 pp
Top card: Watery Grave
# Card Lift
1
Watery Grave
Watery Grave 48 games
+2.6 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?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 36.94% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.94% n=379
2
Seat 2
31.28% n=374
3
Seat 3
30.77% n=312
4
Seat 4
26.34% n=205
5
Seat 5
16.67% n=30
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kess, Dissident Mage wins 33.17% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
33.17% n=618
1
1 mulligan
28.04% n=189
2
2 mulligans
28.41% n=88
3
3 mulligans
31.58% n=19
4
4 mulligans
83.33% n=6
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kess, Dissident Mage 3.76/5 on average, across 929 self-reports.

3.76 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.8% of the time across 435 tracked wins.

36.8 \%
Head to head

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%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
54.55%
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph commander art
54.55%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw commander art
53.85%

Top 5 worst matchups

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER commander art
7.14%
Alela, Cunning Conqueror commander art
9.09%
Tivit, Seller of Secrets commander art
9.09%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
9.09%