Kess, Dissident Mage

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 32%
338 Wins
715 Losses

Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,053 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (338715) at an Elo of 1,621, ranking #356 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 166 damage dealt and 0.62 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 1053 recorded Playgroup games (338 wins, 715 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: 11 days.

How many decks use Kess, Dissident Mage?

502 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 259 have played at least one recorded game.

Kess, Dissident Mage Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
356
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1621

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 166
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.62
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 502
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 259
No. games played with this commander 1053
Total hours played 11 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, 31.37% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
31.37%
Combo
26.94%
Combat
23.99%
Alternative
10.33%
Mill
5.9%
Commander Damage
0.74%
Poison
0.74%
Avg win turn 8.2 based on 351 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 38.13% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.13% n=299
2
Seat 2
32.52% n=286
3
Seat 3
30.68% n=251
4
Seat 4
25.15% n=171
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 32.77% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.77% n=534
1
1 mulligan
29.73% n=148
2
2 mulligans
27.69% n=65
3
3 mulligans
38.1% n=21
4
4 mulligans
85.71% n=7
5
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 3.77/5 on average, across 758 self-reports.

3.77 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.3% of the time across 355 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.

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
54.17%

Top 5 worst matchups

Zurgo Stormrender commander art
9.09%
Tivit, Seller of Secrets commander art
9.09%
Muldrotha, the Gravetide commander art
10.0%
Rocco, Street Chef commander art
10.53%