Kess, Dissident Mage

Global Commander Stats

All Grixis commanders

375 Wins

794 Losses

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Summary

Kess, Dissident Mage is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,170 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (375–794) at an Elo of 1,546, ranking #1134 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 147 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 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 1170 recorded Playgroup games (375 wins, 794 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?

551 decks list Kess, Dissident Mage as their commander on Playgroup, of which 288 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

1134

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1546

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 147

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 551

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 288

No. games played with this commander 1170

Total hours played 13 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, 34.01% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

34.01%

Combat

24.92%

Combo

24.24%

Alternative

9.43%

Mill

5.39%

Poison

1.35%

Commander Damage

0.67%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 389 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kess, Dissident Mage wins 36.67% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.67% n=330

Seat 2

32.08% n=318

Seat 3

31.69% n=284

Seat 4

26.74% n=187

Seat 5

16.0% n=25

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kess, Dissident Mage wins 32.71% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.71% n=587

1 mulligan

29.01% n=162

2 mulligans

29.33% n=75

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 846 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kess, Dissident Mage wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.2% of the time across 389 tracked wins.

71.2 \%

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.