Commander

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

1350 Wins

2994 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,412 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (1350–2994) at an Elo of 1,620, ranking #383 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 184210 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 1 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 4412 recorded Playgroup games (1350 wins, 2994 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?

1,378 decks list Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 906 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

383

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1620

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 184210

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 51130567

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1378

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 906

No. games played with this commander 4412

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1611	Edgar Markov	38	12	32 %
2	1603	kingleonidas126	11	7	64 %
3	1597	Luis Ceròn	92	38	41 %
4	1594	RatKing	14	6	43 %
5	1565	Wraith31337	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins, 33.67% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

33.67%

Combat

26.41%

Combo

21.47%

Alternative

13.1%

Commander Damage

2.82%

Mill

2.02%

Poison

0.5%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1370 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.

+18.7 pp

Top card: Coruscation Mage

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Coruscation Mage 40 games	+18.7 pp	40
2	Drown in the Loch 77 games	+8.0 pp	77
3	Guttersnipe 50 games	+6.2 pp	50
4	Brainstorm 84 games	+6.1 pp	84
5	Mana Geyser 100 games	+5.2 pp	100
6	Preordain Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+5.2 pp	39
7	Hexing Squelcher 175 games	+4.7 pp	175
8	Ponder 67 games	+4.1 pp	67
9	Snapcaster Mage 94 games	+3.8 pp	94
10	Storm-Kiln Artist 72 games	+3.4 pp	72

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Norman Osborn // Green Goblin 101 games	+3.1 pp	101
12	Harmonic Prodigy 496 games	+2.5 pp	496
13	Vivi Ornitier 325 games	+2.2 pp	325
14	Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	35
15	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 156 games	+1.5 pp	156

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 38.04% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.04% n=1250

Seat 2

32.12% n=1295

Seat 3

27.32% n=1045

Seat 4

22.52% n=746

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 30.11% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.11% n=1229

1 mulligan

31.05% n=868

2 mulligans

31.22% n=394

3 mulligans

20.42% n=142

4 mulligans

25.64% n=39

5 mulligans

50.0% n=12

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 3.74/5 on average, across 2778 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.7% of the time across 1380 tracked wins.

63.7 \%

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.