Commander

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global commander stats

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4768 Wins

10052 Losses

Overview

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 14,887 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (4768–10052) at an Elo of 1,530, ranking #1446 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Sep 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 32% win rate across 14887 recorded Playgroup games (4768 wins, 10052 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: 4 months.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

3,796 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,588 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1446

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1530

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 3796

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2588

No. games played with this commander 14887

Total hours played 4 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1688	azza1695	28	16	59 %
2	1662	IndigoCypher	29	13	45 %
3	1650	Damian Vculek	16	9	60 %
4	1643	Dr zurg	20	12	63 %
5	1617	Lukas	63	31	49 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, 87.13% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.13%

Non Combat Damage

6.7%

Alternative

2.57%

Commander Damage

2.43%

Combo

0.92%

Mill

0.14%

Poison

0.11%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 4960 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.

+8.2 pp

Top card: Symmetry Matrix

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Symmetry Matrix 99 games	+8.2 pp	99
2	Rootbound Crag 1,720 games	+4.3 pp	1,720
3	Wildsear, Scouring Maw 1,290 games	+3.1 pp	1,290
4	Rampant Growth 1,439 games	+2.4 pp	1,439
5	Sunbird's Invocation 1,483 games	+2.0 pp	1,483
6	Exotic Orchard 1,521 games	+1.8 pp	1,521
7	Bolt Bend 130 games	+1.7 pp	130
8	Farseek 1,458 games	+1.6 pp	1,458
9	Thran Dynamo 1,448 games	+1.0 pp	1,448
10	Chimil, the Inner Sun 613 games	+1.0 pp	613

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Arcane Signet 1,535 games	+0.8 pp	1,535
12	Teapot Slinger 641 games	+0.5 pp	641
13	Berserkers' Onslaught 1,589 games	+0.4 pp	1,589
14	Gratuitous Violence 1,564 games	+0.3 pp	1,564

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 41.54% of games from position 1 and 13.16% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.54% n=4826

Seat 2

34.49% n=4725

Seat 3

24.23% n=3510

Seat 4

19.55% n=2067

Seat 5

21.43% n=280

Seat 6

13.16% n=38

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 32.51% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.51% n=7643

1 mulligan

33.0% n=2206

2 mulligans

27.41% n=653

3 mulligans

21.68% n=143

4 mulligans

30.56% n=36

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 3.74/5 on average, across 10979 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.6% of the time across 4977 tracked wins.

71.6 \%

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.