Commander

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Global commander stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders
Win Rate 31%
1493 Wins
3264 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,816 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1493–3264) at an Elo of 1,685, ranking #83 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 170486 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

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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 31% win rate across 4816 recorded Playgroup games (1493 wins, 3264 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?
1,566 decks list Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,021 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
83
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1685
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 170486
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 42949677
Average kills per game 0.56
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1566
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1021
No. games played with this commander 4816
Total hours played about 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1619 kingleonidas126 17 11
2 1600 Luis Ceròn 96 40
3 1598 Edgar Markov 43 13
4 1591 RatKing 24 9
5 1565 Wraith31337 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins, 32.9% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
32.9%
Combat
26.1%
Combo
22.15%
Alternative
13.14%
Commander Damage
2.85%
Mill
2.39%
Poison
0.46%
Avg win turn 8.0 based on 1488 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.

+15.1 pp
Top card: Untimely Malfunction
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Hexing Squelcher
Hexing Squelcher 248 games
+5.4 pp
12
Drown in the Loch
Drown in the Loch 116 games
+5.1 pp
13
Snapcaster Mage
Snapcaster Mage 106 games
+4.3 pp
14
Vivi Ornitier
Vivi Ornitier 386 games
+3.9 pp
15
Brain Freeze
Brain Freeze 338 games
+3.6 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?

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins 38.24% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.24% n=1382
2
Seat 2
31.99% n=1399
3
Seat 3
26.88% n=1146
4
Seat 4
22.86% n=796
5
Seat 5
16.49% n=97
6
Seat 6
14.29% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin wins 30.83% after 0 mulligans and 53.85% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.83% n=1294
1
1 mulligan
31.79% n=939
2
2 mulligans
30.67% n=432
3
3 mulligans
20.25% n=158
4
4 mulligans
26.19% n=42
5
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 3.74/5 on average, across 2989 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 33.2% of the time across 1508 tracked wins.

33.2 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Shorikai, Genesis Engine commander art
65.0%
Bruvac the Grandiloquent commander art
64.71%
Orvar, the All-Form commander art
64.71%
Abomination of Llanowar commander art
63.64%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ovika, Enigma Goliath commander art
0.0%
The Twelfth Doctor commander art
0.0%
Gwenom, Remorseless commander art
0.0%
The Master of Keys commander art
5.26%