Commander

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global commander stats

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5124 Wins

10825 Losses

Overview

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 16,150 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (5124–10825) at an Elo of 1,581, ranking #769 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 58614 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Bello, Bard of the Brambles's win rate?

Bello, Bard of the Brambles has a 31% win rate across 16150 recorded Playgroup games (5124 wins, 10825 losses).

How long do winning games with Bello, Bard of the Brambles take?

Wins with Bello, Bard of the Brambles take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 28 days.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

4,113 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,851 have played at least one recorded game.

Bello, Bard of the Brambles Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

769

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1581

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 58614

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 4113

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2851

No. games played with this commander 16150

Total hours played 28 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1706	Dr zurg	34	21	64 %
2	1674	azza1695	29	16	57 %
3	1662	IndigoCypher	29	13	45 %
4	1650	Damian Vculek	15	9	60 %
5	1638	Flavio Carvalho	15	8	53 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, 87.09% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.09%

Non Combat Damage

6.79%

Alternative

2.52%

Commander Damage

2.37%

Combo

0.97%

Poison

0.13%

Mill

0.13%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 5314 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Bello, Bard of the Brambles decks that leave them out.

+6.4 pp

Top card: Symmetry Matrix

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Symmetry Matrix 161 games	+6.4 pp	161
2	Bolt Bend 182 games	+3.1 pp	182
3	Cosmic Cube 207 games	+3.0 pp	207
4	Exotic Orchard 1,938 games	+2.9 pp	1,938
5	Maximum Carnage 119 games	+2.9 pp	119
6	Rampant Growth 1,790 games	+2.9 pp	1,790
7	Farseek 1,883 games	+2.8 pp	1,883
8	Wildsear, Scouring Maw 1,621 games	+1.9 pp	1,621
9	Chimil, the Inner Sun 829 games	+1.1 pp	829
10	Sunbird's Invocation 1,892 games	+0.6 pp	1,892

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Arcane Signet 2,013 games	+0.6 pp	2,013
12	Gratuitous Violence 2,049 games	+0.5 pp	2,049
13	Rootbound Crag 2,225 games	+0.5 pp	2,225
14	Berserkers' Onslaught 2,095 games	+0.5 pp	2,095
15	Keen-Eyed Curator 64 games	+0.2 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?

Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 41.06% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.06% n=5215

Seat 2

34.33% n=5116

Seat 3

24.04% n=3783

Seat 4

19.67% n=2214

Seat 5

22.3% n=296

Seat 6

12.5% n=40

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 32.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.53% n=7865

1 mulligan

32.59% n=2410

2 mulligans

27.99% n=720

3 mulligans

23.15% n=162

4 mulligans

29.76% n=42

5 mulligans

40.0% n=5

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Bello, Bard of the Brambles 3.75/5 on average, across 11606 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.7% of the time across 5336 tracked wins.

37.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Bello, Bard of the Brambles. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.