Commander

Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

946 Wins

1970 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kotis, the Fangkeeper is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,930 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (946–1970) at an Elo of 1,501, ranking #1936 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kotis, the Fangkeeper's win rate?

Kotis, the Fangkeeper has a 32% win rate across 2930 recorded Playgroup games (946 wins, 1970 losses).

How long do winning games with Kotis, the Fangkeeper take?

Wins with Kotis, the Fangkeeper take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Kotis, the Fangkeeper?

924 decks list Kotis, the Fangkeeper as their commander on Playgroup, of which 648 have played at least one recorded game.

Kotis, the Fangkeeper Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1936

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1501

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 924

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 648

No. games played with this commander 2930

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1592	Tenshi	15	8	53 %
2	1589	Chef Mutant	4	3	75 %
3	1578	MarkusRising	9	4	44 %
4	1571	bhooterz	4	2	50 %
5	1558	Jannjann	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kotis, the Fangkeeper wins, 44.24% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

44.24%

Combat

40.71%

Non Combat Damage

7.68%

Alternative

3.99%

Combo

1.84%

Poison

1.08%

Mill

0.46%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 961 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kotis, the Fangkeeper

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

+15.7 pp

Top card: Ancient Cellarspawn

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ancient Cellarspawn 143 games	+15.7 pp	143
2	Dreamroot Cascade 180 games	+10.1 pp	180
3	Damnation 119 games	+8.7 pp	119
4	Demonic Embrace Signature build 72 games · Signature build	+7.8 pp	72
5	Assassin's Trophy 113 games	+7.1 pp	113
6	Rejuvenating Springs 131 games	+6.9 pp	131
7	Arcane Denial 144 games	+6.5 pp	144
8	Undergrowth Stadium 118 games	+6.0 pp	118
9	Counterspell 228 games	+5.3 pp	228
10	Farseek 213 games	+5.3 pp	213

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Aether Tunnel 167 games	+5.3 pp	167
12	Strong Back 131 games	+4.1 pp	131
13	The Thirteenth Doctor 165 games	+3.8 pp	165
14	Shipwreck Marsh Signature build 98 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	98
15	Birds of Paradise 105 games	+3.3 pp	105

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?

Kotis, the Fangkeeper wins 40.31% of games from position 1 and 16.36% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.31% n=836

Seat 2

32.76% n=870

Seat 3

26.41% n=693

Seat 4

24.89% n=458

Seat 5

16.36% n=55

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kotis, the Fangkeeper wins 35.27% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.27% n=808

1 mulligan

28.86% n=537

2 mulligans

25.81% n=155

3 mulligans

37.5% n=40

4 mulligans

22.22% n=9

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kotis, the Fangkeeper 3.73/5 on average, across 2020 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kotis, the Fangkeeper wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.7% of the time across 960 tracked wins.

66.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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