Kess, Dissident Mage

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 32%
366 Wins
765 Losses

Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,131 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (366765) at an Elo of 1,603, ranking #493 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 152 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 1131 recorded Playgroup games (366 wins, 765 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?

524 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 271 have played at least one recorded game.

Kess, Dissident Mage Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
493
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1603

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 152
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 524
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 271
No. games played with this commander 1131
Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1700 MisguidedGh0st 13 11
2 1626 Skullblade 25 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, 32.54% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
32.54%
Combo
26.44%
Combat
24.41%
Alternative
9.83%
Mill
5.42%
Commander Damage
0.68%
Poison
0.68%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 380 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 37.54% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
37.54% n=325
2
Seat 2
32.91% n=313
3
Seat 3
31.23% n=269
4
Seat 4
26.11% n=180
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 32.86% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.86% n=563
1
1 mulligan
30.0% n=160
2
2 mulligans
30.99% n=71
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 3.76/5 on average, across 821 self-reports.

3.76 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.8% of the time across 380 tracked wins.

71.8 \%

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%
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph commander art
60.0%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
60.0%
Gishath, Sun's Avatar commander art
60.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Tivit, Seller of Secrets commander art
9.09%
Rocco, Street Chef commander art
10.0%
Muldrotha, the Gravetide commander art
10.0%
Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
10.53%