Commander

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

1414 Wins

3124 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,620 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (1414–3124) at an Elo of 1,562, ranking #992 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 177214 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin's win rate?

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin has a 30% win rate across 4620 recorded Playgroup games (1414 wins, 3124 losses).

How long do winning games with Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin take?

Wins with Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin?

1,464 decks list Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 961 have played at least one recorded game.

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

992

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1562

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 177214

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 51130567

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1464

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 961

No. games played with this commander 4620

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1629	Edgar Markov	40	13	33 %
2	1604	kingleonidas126	14	9	64 %
3	1598	Luis Ceròn	94	39	41 %
4	1570	Benfen18	15	6	40 %
5	1566	Kenny	4	4	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins, 33.08% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

33.08%

Combat

26.23%

Combo

21.5%

Alternative

13.4%

Commander Damage

2.89%

Mill

2.41%

Poison

0.48%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1429 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin decks that leave them out.

+15.5 pp

Top card: Untimely Malfunction

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Untimely Malfunction Signature build 81 games · Signature build	+15.5 pp	81
2	Chain of Vapor 82 games	+13.4 pp	82
3	Coruscation Mage 51 games	+12.6 pp	51
4	Mana Geyser 112 games	+7.5 pp	112
5	Brainstorm 92 games	+5.9 pp	92
6	Cabal Ritual 300 games	+5.3 pp	300
7	Snapcaster Mage 104 games	+4.6 pp	104
8	Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty Signature build 40 games · Signature build	+4.6 pp	40
9	Norman Osborn // Green Goblin 114 games	+4.2 pp	114
10	Hexing Squelcher 215 games	+4.2 pp	215

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Ponder 73 games	+3.7 pp	73
12	Phantasmal Image 102 games	+3.5 pp	102
13	Storm-Kiln Artist 85 games	+3.4 pp	85
14	Talisman of Creativity 512 games	+3.2 pp	512
15	Drown in the Loch 102 games	+3.1 pp	102

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?

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins 38.23% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.23% n=1308

Seat 2

31.98% n=1354

Seat 3

27.1% n=1094

Seat 4

22.92% n=768

Seat 5

16.67% n=96

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins 30.62% after 0 mulligans and 53.85% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.62% n=1259

1 mulligan

31.31% n=899

2 mulligans

30.9% n=411

3 mulligans

20.0% n=150

4 mulligans

26.83% n=41

5 mulligans

53.85% n=13

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 3.73/5 on average, across 2899 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.2% of the time across 1444 tracked wins.

34.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.