Commander

Kudo, King Among Bears

Global commander stats {G} {W} All Selesnya commanders
Win Rate 26%
332 Wins
917 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Kudo, King Among Bears is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,256 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (332917) at an Elo of 1,592, ranking #628 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

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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 1256 recorded Playgroup games (332 wins, 917 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: 14 days.
How many decks use Kudo, King Among Bears?
582 decks list Kudo, King Among Bears as their commander on Playgroup, of which 303 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
628
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1592
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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 0.55
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 582
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 303
No. games played with this commander 1256
Total hours played 14 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1664 Chris 8 6
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3 1535 DragonBornSloth 3 1
4 1523 Declan Merry 6 3
5 1514 chikensandwich_ 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, 83.73% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
83.73%
Commander Damage
7.14%
Alternative
2.78%
Combo
1.98%
Non Combat Damage
1.98%
Poison
1.19%
Mill
1.19%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 336 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.

+0.9 pp
Top card: Maja, Bretagard Protector
# Card Lift
1
Maja, Bretagard Protector
Maja, Bretagard Protector 51 games
+0.9 pp

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 29.97% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
29.97% n=377
2
Seat 2
27.13% n=387
3
Seat 3
23.91% n=297
4
Seat 4
18.75% n=160
5
Seat 5
9.09% n=33
6
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
0 mulligans
25.0% n=724
1
1 mulligan
30.33% n=211
2
2 mulligans
25.49% n=51
3
3 mulligans
17.65% n=17
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=6
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
6
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 929 self-reports.

3.62 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.3% of the time across 338 tracked wins.

71.3 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Caesar, Legion's Emperor commander art
50.0%
Kodama of the East Tree commander art
45.45%
The Wise Mothman commander art
The Wise Mothman 21 games
42.86%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
41.67%
Hearthhull, the Worldseed commander art
40.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Disa the Restless commander art
0.0%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 10 games
0.0%
Ureni of the Unwritten commander art
4.55%