Commander

Kudo, King Among Bears

Global commander stats {G} {W} All Selesnya commanders
Win Rate 26%
382 Wins
1050 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kudo, King Among Bears is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,464 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (382–1050) at an Elo of 1,654, ranking #202 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.53 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 1464 recorded Playgroup games (382 wins, 1050 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: 17 days.
How many decks use Kudo, King Among Bears?
683 decks list Kudo, King Among Bears as their commander on Playgroup, of which 366 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
202
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1654
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9
Average commander damage per game 1841758
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.53
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 683
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 366
No. games played with this commander 1464
Total hours played 17 days
Community

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Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, 83.28% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
83.28%
Commander Damage
6.48%
Alternative
3.41%
Combo
3.07%
Non Combat Damage
1.71%
Poison
1.02%
Mill
1.02%
Avg win turn 8.9 based on 385 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.

+5.2 pp
Top card: Anthem of Champions
# Card Lift
1
Anthem of Champions
Anthem of Champions 88 games
+5.2 pp
2
Aura Mutation
Aura Mutation 75 games
+2.5 pp
3
Maja, Bretagard Protector
Maja, Bretagard Protector 94 games
+0.2 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 30.76% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
30.76% n=460
2
Seat 2
26.46% n=461
3
Seat 3
23.93% n=351
4
Seat 4
18.11% n=185
5
Seat 5
8.82% n=34
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=778
1
1 mulligan
27.73% n=256
2
2 mulligans
25.76% n=66
3
3 mulligans
14.29% n=21
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 3.63/5 on average, across 1048 self-reports.

3.63 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, opponents flag the game as salty 31.4% of the time across 388 tracked wins.

31.4 \%
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%
Talion, the Kindly Lord commander art
50.0%
Kodama of the East Tree commander art
45.45%
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
41.67%
Sen Triplets commander art
Sen Triplets 10 games
40.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Disa the Restless commander art
0.0%
The Ur-Dragon commander art
The Ur-Dragon 11 games
0.0%