Commander

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global commander stats

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4478 Wins

9432 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 13,925 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (4478–9432) at an Elo of 1,600, ranking #524 globally.

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

Last full refresh 1 Aug 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 13925 recorded Playgroup games (4478 wins, 9432 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: 12 months.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

3,439 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,399 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

524

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1600

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 0.68

Average turn length 5 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3439

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2399

No. games played with this commander 13925

Total hours played 12 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1688	azza1695	28	16	59 %
2	1677	IndigoCypher	28	13	46 %
3	1621	Damian Vculek	12	7	58 %
4	1617	Lukas	63	31	49 %
5	1601	GhostJoy_	64	40	67 %

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

2.59%

Commander Damage

2.41%

Combo

0.94%

Poison

0.12%

Mill

0.12%

Avg win turn 8.6 based on 4665 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.

+7.3 pp

Top card: Symmetry Matrix

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Symmetry Matrix 78 games	+7.3 pp	78
2	Rampant Growth 1,164 games	+4.1 pp	1,164
3	Wildsear, Scouring Maw 1,080 games	+3.0 pp	1,080
4	Temple of Abandon 1,149 games	+2.6 pp	1,149
5	Beast Within 1,336 games	+2.5 pp	1,336
6	Exotic Orchard 1,235 games	+2.2 pp	1,235
7	Rootbound Crag 1,398 games	+2.1 pp	1,398
8	Raging Ravine 1,021 games	+1.9 pp	1,021
9	Sunbird's Invocation 1,204 games	+1.9 pp	1,204
10	Gratuitous Violence 1,263 games	+1.8 pp	1,263

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Arcane Signet 1,250 games	+1.4 pp	1,250
12	Aligned Hedron Network 120 games	+0.9 pp	120
13	Farseek 1,175 games	+0.8 pp	1,175
14	Berserkers' Onslaught 1,279 games	+0.5 pp	1,279
15	Sandwurm Convergence 368 games	+0.5 pp	368

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 41.52% of games from position 1 and 13.51% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.52% n=4477

Seat 2

34.74% n=4358

Seat 3

24.18% n=3284

Seat 4

19.47% n=1952

Seat 5

21.59% n=264

Seat 6

13.51% n=37

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 32.45% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.45% n=7343

1 mulligan

33.27% n=2038

2 mulligans

27.93% n=605

3 mulligans

21.54% n=130

4 mulligans

30.3% n=33

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

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 10407 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.5% of the time across 4673 tracked wins.

71.5 \%

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.