Kess, Dissident Mage

Global Commander Stats

All Grixis commanders

366 Wins

772 Losses

Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,138 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (366–772) at an Elo of 1,650, ranking #196 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 150 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kess, Dissident Mage's win rate?

Kess, Dissident Mage has a 32% win rate across 1138 recorded Playgroup games (366 wins, 772 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?

541 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 279 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

196

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1650

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 150

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 541

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 279

No. games played with this commander 1138

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1700	MisguidedGh0st	13	11	85 %
2	1627	eli.lamborn	11	6	55 %
3	1626	Skullblade	25	18	72 %
4	1586	lenny	9	5	56 %
5	1555	John Naffziger	7	3	43 %

How does this commander win?

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, 33.68% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

33.68%

Combat

25.09%

Combo

24.74%

Alternative

9.62%

Mill

5.5%

Commander Damage

0.69%

Poison

0.69%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 380 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 37.07% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.07% n=321

Seat 2

32.37% n=312

Seat 3

31.52% n=276

Seat 4

26.63% n=184

Seat 5

16.0% n=25

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kess, Dissident Mage wins 32.86% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.86% n=569

1 mulligan

28.93% n=159

2 mulligans

30.56% n=72

3 mulligans

33.33% n=18

4 mulligans

83.33% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kess, Dissident Mage 3.75/5 on average, across 825 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.3% of the time across 380 tracked wins.

71.3 \%

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.