Commander

Kona, Rescue Beastie

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

529 Wins

1200 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kona, Rescue Beastie is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,730 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (529–1200) at an Elo of 1,586, ranking #687 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 59 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kona, Rescue Beastie's win rate?

Kona, Rescue Beastie has a 30% win rate across 1730 recorded Playgroup games (529 wins, 1200 losses).

How long do winning games with Kona, Rescue Beastie take?

Wins with Kona, Rescue Beastie take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Kona, Rescue Beastie?

509 decks list Kona, Rescue Beastie as their commander on Playgroup, of which 320 have played at least one recorded game.

Kona, Rescue Beastie Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

687

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1586

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 59

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 15

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 509

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 320

No. games played with this commander 1730

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1595	Haedes	50	32	64 %
2	1558	Josoul	13	5	38 %
3	1534	Wavve	4	2	50 %
4	1512	supernewf54	2	1	50 %
5	1510	Blemski	7	3	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kona, Rescue Beastie wins, 89.22% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

89.22%

Poison

4.17%

Alternative

2.21%

Commander Damage

1.96%

Non Combat Damage

1.96%

Combo

0.25%

Mill

0.25%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 533 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kona, Rescue Beastie

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kona, Rescue Beastie decks that leave them out.

+9.0 pp

Top card: Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant 121 games	+9.0 pp	121
2	Emerald Medallion 67 games	+3.8 pp	67
3	War Room 93 games	+3.6 pp	93
4	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise 81 games	+3.3 pp	81
5	Akroma's Memorial 48 games	+2.6 pp	48
6	Holdout Settlement 138 games	+1.6 pp	138

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?

Kona, Rescue Beastie wins 39.6% of games from position 1 and 13.79% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.6% n=548

Seat 2

35.06% n=522

Seat 3

20.95% n=401

Seat 4

13.79% n=232

Seat 5

21.43% n=28

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kona, Rescue Beastie wins 28.68% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.68% n=802

1 mulligan

29.62% n=287

2 mulligans

33.33% n=102

3 mulligans

38.24% n=34

4 mulligans

0.0% n=7

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kona, Rescue Beastie 3.82/5 on average, across 1137 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kona, Rescue Beastie wins, opponents flag the game as salty 59.0% of the time across 534 tracked wins.

59.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kona, Rescue Beastie. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.