Commander

Kudo, King Among Bears

Global commander stats

All Selesnya commanders

322 Wins

907 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kudo, King Among Bears is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,235 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (322–907) at an Elo of 1,523, ranking #1535 globally.

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

Last full refresh 3 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 1235 recorded Playgroup games (322 wins, 907 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?

561 decks list Kudo, King Among Bears as their commander on Playgroup, of which 294 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1535

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1523

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Global Elo trend

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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 561

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 294

No. games played with this commander 1235

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1664	Chris	8	6	75 %
2	1535	DragonBornSloth	3	1	50 %
3	1510	Declan Merry	5	2	40 %
4	1510	Davis Austin	3	1	33 %
5	1500	Lokiloc	3	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, 83.88% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

83.88%

Commander Damage

7.02%

Alternative

2.89%

Non Combat Damage

2.07%

Combo

1.65%

Poison

1.24%

Mill

1.24%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 326 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Kudo, King Among Bears wins 29.87% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

29.87% n=375

Seat 2

27.42% n=383

Seat 3

23.99% n=296

Seat 4

18.24% n=159

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 24.54% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.54% n=713

1 mulligan

29.61% n=206

2 mulligans

26.0% n=50

3 mulligans

12.5% n=16

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 917 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kudo, King Among Bears wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.0% of the time across 328 tracked wins.

71.0 \%

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.