Commander

Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Global commander stats

All Gruul commanders Featured in Bloomburrow

5234 Wins

11002 Losses

Overview

Summary

Bello, Bard of the Brambles is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 16,469 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (5234–11002) at an Elo of 1,520, ranking #1708 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 57507 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Nov 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 16469 recorded Playgroup games (5234 wins, 11002 losses).

How long do winning games with Bello, Bard of the Brambles take?

Wins with Bello, Bard of the Brambles take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Bello, Bard of the Brambles?

4,215 decks list Bello, Bard of the Brambles as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,915 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1708

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1520

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 57507

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 4215

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2915

No. games played with this commander 16469

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1725	Dr zurg	36	23	66 %
2	1674	azza1695	29	16	57 %
3	1662	IndigoCypher	29	13	45 %
4	1650	Damian Vculek	15	9	60 %
5	1636	Sethhhh	20	11	55 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, 87.18% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

87.18%

Non Combat Damage

6.75%

Alternative

2.48%

Commander Damage

2.35%

Combo

0.96%

Poison

0.16%

Mill

0.13%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 5426 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.

+7.0 pp

Top card: Symmetry Matrix

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Symmetry Matrix 183 games	+7.0 pp	183
2	Cosmic Cube 230 games	+4.3 pp	230
3	Maximum Carnage 123 games	+3.9 pp	123
4	Rampant Growth 1,873 games	+2.9 pp	1,873
5	Exotic Orchard 2,044 games	+2.6 pp	2,044
6	Farseek 1,964 games	+2.5 pp	1,964
7	Bolt Bend 185 games	+2.4 pp	185
8	Wildsear, Scouring Maw 1,710 games	+1.8 pp	1,710
9	Omnipresence Signature build 44 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	44
10	Arcane Signet 2,128 games	+0.7 pp	2,128

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Gratuitous Violence 2,159 games	+0.7 pp	2,159
12	Sunbird's Invocation 1,990 games	+0.6 pp	1,990
13	Chimil, the Inner Sun 869 games	+0.5 pp	869
14	Berserkers' Onslaught 2,208 games	+0.4 pp	2,208
15	Thran Dynamo 1,999 games	+0.2 pp	1,999

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 41.14% of games from position 1 and 12.2% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.14% n=5325

Seat 2

34.4% n=5220

Seat 3

24.16% n=3855

Seat 4

19.54% n=2249

Seat 5

22.33% n=300

Seat 6

12.2% n=41

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins 32.58% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.58% n=7915

1 mulligan

32.6% n=2460

2 mulligans

27.63% n=742

3 mulligans

23.33% n=165

4 mulligans

27.17% n=46

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 11739 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Bello, Bard of the Brambles wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.1% of the time across 5456 tracked wins.

37.1 \%

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.