Commander

Kudo, King Among Bears

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

334 Wins

939 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kudo, King Among Bears is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,283 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (334–939) at an Elo of 1,479, ranking #3673 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 1283 recorded Playgroup games (334 wins, 939 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?

610 decks list Kudo, King Among Bears as their commander on Playgroup, of which 312 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

3673

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1479

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 0.55

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 610

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 312

No. games played with this commander 1283

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1664	Chris	8	6	75 %
2	1549	Adam Shaldam	23	5	22 %
3	1535	DragonBornSloth	3	1	50 %
4	1523	Declan Merry	6	3	50 %
5	1514	chikensandwich_	2	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, 83.79% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

83.79%

Commander Damage

7.11%

Alternative

2.77%

Combo

1.98%

Non Combat Damage

1.98%

Poison

1.19%

Mill

1.19%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 338 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.

+1.5 pp

Top card: Aura Mutation

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Aura Mutation Signature build 40 games · Signature build	+1.5 pp	40
2	Anthem of Champions Signature build 42 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp	42
3	Maja, Bretagard Protector 57 games	+1.0 pp	57

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 29.74% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

29.74% n=380

Seat 2

26.99% n=389

Seat 3

23.92% n=301

Seat 4

18.29% n=164

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 25.03% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.03% n=727

1 mulligan

29.09% n=220

2 mulligans

24.53% n=53

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 3.61/5 on average, across 943 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.2% of the time across 340 tracked wins.

71.2 \%

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.