Commander

Kudo, King Among Bears

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

355 Wins

988 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kudo, King Among Bears is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,363 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (355–988) at an Elo of 1,427, ranking #4573 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kudo, King Among Bears's win rate?

Kudo, King Among Bears has a 26% win rate across 1363 recorded Playgroup games (355 wins, 988 losses).

How long do winning games with Kudo, King Among Bears take?

Wins with Kudo, King Among Bears take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Kudo, King Among Bears?

635 decks list Kudo, King Among Bears as their commander on Playgroup, of which 326 have played at least one recorded game.

Kudo, King Among Bears Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4573

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1427

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 635

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 326

No. games played with this commander 1363

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1664	Chris	9	7	78 %
2	1536	Adam Shaldam	24	5	21 %
3	1535	DragonBornSloth	3	1	50 %
4	1530	ArcaneNexus	2	1	50 %
5	1523	Declan Merry	6	3	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, 83.03% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

83.03%

Commander Damage

7.01%

Alternative

3.32%

Combo

2.58%

Non Combat Damage

1.85%

Poison

1.11%

Mill

1.11%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 358 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kudo, King Among Bears

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kudo, King Among Bears decks that leave them out.

+2.3 pp

Top card: Aura Mutation

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Aura Mutation Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	59
2	Anthem of Champions Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+2.2 pp	61
3	Maja, Bretagard Protector 64 games	+0.1 pp	64

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?

Kudo, King Among Bears wins 30.77% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.77% n=429

Seat 2

26.35% n=425

Seat 3

24.23% n=326

Seat 4

17.71% n=175

Seat 5

9.09% n=33

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kudo, King Among Bears wins 25.0% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.0% n=752

1 mulligan

28.63% n=241

2 mulligans

25.42% n=59

3 mulligans

16.67% n=18

4 mulligans

0.0% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kudo, King Among Bears 3.62/5 on average, across 996 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.9% of the time across 360 tracked wins.

71.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kudo, King Among Bears. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.