Commander

Kona, Rescue Beastie

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

518 Wins

1183 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kona, Rescue Beastie is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,702 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (518–1183) at an Elo of 1,599, ranking #553 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 58 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 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 1702 recorded Playgroup games (518 wins, 1183 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?

500 decks list Kona, Rescue Beastie as their commander on Playgroup, of which 315 have played at least one recorded game.

Kona, Rescue Beastie Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

553

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1599

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 58

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 500

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 315

No. games played with this commander 1702

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	Alucard SotN	1	1	100 %
5	1512	supernewf54	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kona, Rescue Beastie wins, 88.94% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

88.94%

Poison

4.27%

Alternative

2.26%

Commander Damage

2.01%

Non Combat Damage

2.01%

Combo

0.25%

Mill

0.25%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 522 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.

+8.7 pp

Top card: Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant 121 games	+8.7 pp	121
2	Emerald Medallion 66 games	+4.4 pp	66
3	War Room 93 games	+3.3 pp	93
4	Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise 81 games	+3.1 pp	81
5	Akroma's Memorial 48 games	+2.4 pp	48
6	Holdout Settlement 137 games	+1.8 pp	137
7	Kodama of the East Tree 116 games	+0.2 pp	116

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 39.52% of games from position 1 and 13.91% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.52% n=539

Seat 2

34.95% n=515

Seat 3

20.85% n=398

Seat 4

13.91% n=230

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 28.46% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.46% n=794

1 mulligan

29.89% n=281

2 mulligans

33.66% n=101

3 mulligans

36.36% n=33

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 1118 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kona, Rescue Beastie wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.7% of the time across 523 tracked wins.

58.7 \%

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.