Commander

Celes, Rune Knight

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders Featured in Final Fantasy
Win Rate 36%
480 Wins
832 Losses
Overview

Summary

Celes, Rune Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,315 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (480832) at an Elo of 1,539, ranking #1302 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 220 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Celes, Rune Knight's win rate?
Celes, Rune Knight has a 36% win rate across 1315 recorded Playgroup games (480 wins, 832 losses).
How long do winning games with Celes, Rune Knight take?
Wins with Celes, Rune Knight take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.
How many decks use Celes, Rune Knight?
474 decks list Celes, Rune Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 307 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1302
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1539
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 220
Average commander damage per game 487335
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.73
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 474
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 307
No. games played with this commander 1315
Total hours played 18 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1815 Kazaandu 63 39
2 1656 Flavio Carvalho 9 6
3 1566 BetterAshThanDust 6 4
4 1540 Encarnation 15 7
5 1537 jan hagen 5 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, 42.52% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
42.52%
Non Combat Damage
27.56%
Combo
24.15%
Alternative
2.62%
Mill
1.84%
Commander Damage
1.31%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 497 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Celes, Rune Knight

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Celes, Rune Knight decks that leave them out.

+5.1 pp
Top card: Obstinate Gargoyle
# Card Lift
1
Obstinate Gargoyle
Obstinate Gargoyle 40 games
+5.1 pp
2
Putrid Goblin
Putrid Goblin 33 games
+5.0 pp
3
Mog, Moogle Warrior
Mog, Moogle Warrior 47 games · Signature build
+0.3 pp

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?

Celes, Rune Knight wins 45.58% of games from position 1 and 27.32% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
45.58% n=351
2
Seat 2
37.7% n=366
3
Seat 3
30.18% n=338
4
Seat 4
27.32% n=205
5
Seat 5
38.1% n=21
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Celes, Rune Knight wins 34.11% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.11% n=384
1
1 mulligan
36.48% n=270
2
2 mulligans
32.04% n=103
3
3 mulligans
21.88% n=32
4
4 mulligans
14.29% n=7
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=2
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Celes, Rune Knight 3.97/5 on average, across 921 self-reports.

3.97 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.4% of the time across 496 tracked wins.

69.4 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Ms. Bumbleflower commander art
Ms. Bumbleflower 18 games
66.67%
Hakbal of the Surging Soul commander art
66.67%
Aloy, Savior of Meridian commander art
61.54%
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch commander art
61.54%

Top 5 worst matchups

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden commander art
0.0%
Tifa, Martial Artist commander art
8.33%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
10.0%
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic commander art
10.0%
Breya, Etherium Shaper commander art
11.11%