Commander

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global commander stats

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4899 Wins

10377 Losses

Overview

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,405 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (4899–10377) at an Elo of 1,502, ranking #1999 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 31614 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 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 31% win rate across 15405 recorded Playgroup games (4899 wins, 10377 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: 3 months.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

3,940 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,716 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1999

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1502

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 31614

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 3940

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2716

No. games played with this commander 15405

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1688	azza1695	28	16	59 %
2	1687	Dr zurg	23	15	68 %
3	1662	IndigoCypher	29	13	45 %
4	1650	Damian Vculek	15	9	60 %
5	1617	Lukas	63	31	49 %

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

6.73%

Alternative

2.56%

Commander Damage

2.43%

Combo

0.93%

Poison

0.14%

Mill

0.14%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 5095 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.

+7.6 pp

Top card: Symmetry Matrix

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Symmetry Matrix 111 games	+7.6 pp	111
2	Exotic Orchard 1,675 games	+3.4 pp	1,675
3	Rampant Growth 1,560 games	+2.8 pp	1,560
4	Wildsear, Scouring Maw 1,397 games	+2.7 pp	1,397
5	Sunbird's Invocation 1,659 games	+2.6 pp	1,659
6	Farseek 1,609 games	+2.5 pp	1,609
7	Maximum Carnage 75 games	+2.0 pp	75
8	Dictate of the Twin Gods 77 games	+1.8 pp	77
9	Thran Dynamo 1,629 games	+1.8 pp	1,629
10	Arcane Signet 1,728 games	+1.5 pp	1,728

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Rootbound Crag 1,916 games	+1.4 pp	1,916
12	Bolt Bend 156 games	+1.3 pp	156
13	Peerless Recycling 94 games	+0.9 pp	94
14	Gruul Turf 1,571 games	+0.5 pp	1,571
15	Teapot Slinger 669 games	+0.3 pp	669

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 41.25% of games from position 1 and 12.82% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.25% n=5007

Seat 2

34.27% n=4899

Seat 3

23.91% n=3615

Seat 4

19.7% n=2122

Seat 5

21.6% n=287

Seat 6

12.82% n=39

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=7737

1 mulligan

32.53% n=2301

2 mulligans

27.31% n=683

3 mulligans

22.85% n=151

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 11262 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.0% of the time across 5115 tracked wins.

72.0 \%

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.