Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global Commander Stats

4195 Wins

8987 Losses

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,182 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (4195–8987) at an Elo of 1,551, ranking #1066 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 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 13182 recorded Playgroup games (4195 wins, 8987 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 1 year.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

3,220 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,279 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1066

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1551

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 12

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 5 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3220

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2279

No. games played with this commander 13182

Total hours played about 1 year

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	IndigoCypher	26	13	50 %
2	1688	azza1695	28	16	59 %
3	1617	Lukas	63	31	49 %
4	1601	Giovanni1337	13	8	62 %
5	1599	Drakorex	8	4	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, 86.91% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.91%

Non Combat Damage

6.8%

Alternative

2.57%

Commander Damage

2.51%

Combo

0.97%

Poison

0.13%

Mill

0.13%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4372 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 41.27% of games from position 1 and 13.51% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.27% n=4284

Seat 2

34.33% n=4154

Seat 3

24.16% n=3121

Seat 4

19.22% n=1873

Seat 5

21.65% n=254

Seat 6

13.51% n=37

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 32.16% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.16% n=7053

1 mulligan

32.72% n=1898

2 mulligans

27.05% n=562

3 mulligans

23.14% n=121

4 mulligans

29.03% n=31

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Bello, Bard of the Brambles 3.73/5 on average, across 9842 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.9% of the time across 4381 tracked wins.

70.9 \%

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.