Commander

Kess, Dissident Mage

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

380 Wins

806 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,187 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (380–806) at an Elo of 1,544, ranking #1181 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 143 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 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 1187 recorded Playgroup games (380 wins, 806 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: 13 days.

How many decks use Kess, Dissident Mage?

578 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 296 have played at least one recorded game.

Kess, Dissident Mage Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1181

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1544

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 143

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 578

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 296

No. games played with this commander 1187

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1700	MisguidedGh0st	13	11	85 %
2	1627	Skullblade	25	18	72 %
3	1627	eli.lamborn	11	6	55 %
4	1577	lenny	9	5	56 %
5	1558	John Naffziger	7	3	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, 34.0% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

34.0%

Combat

24.67%

Combo

24.33%

Alternative

9.67%

Mill

5.33%

Poison

1.33%

Commander Damage

0.67%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 394 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 36.56% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.56% n=331

Seat 2

32.2% n=323

Seat 3

31.58% n=285

Seat 4

25.91% n=193

Seat 5

19.23% n=26

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kess, Dissident Mage wins 32.72% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.72% n=593

1 mulligan

28.66% n=164

2 mulligans

30.26% n=76

3 mulligans

33.33% n=18

4 mulligans

83.33% n=6

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 3.75/5 on average, across 858 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.1% of the time across 394 tracked wins.

71.1 \%

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.