Commander

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

687 Wins

1373 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,068 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (687–1373) at an Elo of 1,760, ranking #8 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain's win rate?

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain has a 33% win rate across 2068 recorded Playgroup games (687 wins, 1373 losses).

How long do winning games with Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain take?

Wins with Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain?

625 decks list Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain as their commander on Playgroup, of which 400 have played at least one recorded game.

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1760

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 17

Average poison counters given per game 13

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 625

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 400

No. games played with this commander 2068

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1637	ducktective	35	16	46 %
2	1602	Darkfather	21	10	48 %
3	1585	Pirotix	11	7	64 %
4	1577	jbcrash321	5	3	60 %
5	1568	xXDoomsayerXx	7	3	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain wins, 53.31% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

53.31%

Commander Damage

40.83%

Alternative

2.46%

Non Combat Damage

2.27%

Combo

0.38%

Poison

0.38%

Mill

0.38%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 700 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain decks that leave them out.

+7.3 pp

Top card: Talisman of Dominance

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Talisman of Dominance 120 games	+7.3 pp	120
2	Mantle of the Ancients 259 games	+5.4 pp	259
3	Arcane Signet 294 games	+4.7 pp	294
4	Fellwar Stone 111 games	+4.5 pp	111
5	Talisman of Hierarchy 200 games	+4.2 pp	200
6	Talisman of Progress 191 games	+3.9 pp	191
7	Sword of Feast and Famine 183 games	+3.6 pp	183
8	Stoneforge Mystic 158 games	+3.5 pp	158
9	Curiosity Signature build 101 games · Signature build	+3.0 pp	101
10	Cranial Plating Signature build 105 games · Signature build	+2.2 pp	105

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Deserted Beach Signature build 122 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	122
12	Sea of Clouds 159 games	+1.9 pp	159
13	Archway of Innovation 121 games	+1.1 pp	121
14	Teferi's Protection 74 games	+1.1 pp	74
15	Watery Grave 198 games	+0.2 pp	198

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain wins 41.15% of games from position 1 and 18.37% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.15% n=576

Seat 2

34.62% n=621

Seat 3

28.6% n=528

Seat 4

25.42% n=299

Seat 5

18.37% n=49

Seat 6

25.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain wins 34.22% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.22% n=1090

1 mulligan

31.55% n=336

2 mulligans

26.5% n=117

3 mulligans

25.0% n=28

4 mulligans

0.0% n=8

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain 3.6/5 on average, across 1428 self-reports.

3.6 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.4% of the time across 700 tracked wins.

67.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.