Commander

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders Featured in Bloomburrow

5068 Wins

10703 Losses

Overview

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,962 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (5068–10703) at an Elo of 1,659, ranking #183 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 59255 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 20 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 15962 recorded Playgroup games (5068 wins, 10703 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: about 2 months.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

4,070 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,823 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

183

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1659

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 59255

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 4070

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2823

No. games played with this commander 15962

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1725	Dr zurg	33	21	66 %
2	1688	azza1695	28	16	59 %
3	1662	IndigoCypher	29	13	45 %
4	1650	Damian Vculek	15	9	60 %
5	1630	Flavio Carvalho	14	7	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, 87.08% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.08%

Non Combat Damage

6.77%

Alternative

2.55%

Commander Damage

2.36%

Combo

0.98%

Poison

0.13%

Mill

0.13%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 5264 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.

+7.5 pp

Top card: Symmetry Matrix

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Symmetry Matrix 150 games	+7.5 pp	150
2	Bolt Bend 181 games	+3.2 pp	181
3	Maximum Carnage 116 games	+3.1 pp	116
4	Cosmic Cube 197 games	+3.0 pp	197
5	Rampant Growth 1,738 games	+2.8 pp	1,738
6	Exotic Orchard 1,883 games	+2.8 pp	1,883
7	Farseek 1,824 games	+2.7 pp	1,824
8	Wildsear, Scouring Maw 1,580 games	+2.3 pp	1,580
9	Pia, Aether Ascetic Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+1.8 pp	59
10	Arcane Signet 1,949 games	+0.9 pp	1,949

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Chimil, the Inner Sun 812 games	+0.7 pp	812
12	Gratuitous Violence 1,989 games	+0.3 pp	1,989
13	Rootbound Crag 2,156 games	+0.3 pp	2,156
14	Berserkers' Onslaught 2,031 games	+0.3 pp	2,031
15	Sunbird's Invocation 1,840 games	+0.2 pp	1,840

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 41.03% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.03% n=5168

Seat 2

34.36% n=5067

Seat 3

24.08% n=3742

Seat 4

19.68% n=2190

Seat 5

22.37% n=295

Seat 6

12.5% n=40

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 32.57% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.57% n=7832

1 mulligan

32.43% n=2385

2 mulligans

27.98% n=713

3 mulligans

22.76% n=156

4 mulligans

30.0% n=40

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 11515 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.8% of the time across 5289 tracked wins.

37.8 \%

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.