Commander

Kratos, God of War

Global commander stats

All Red commanders

441 Wins

1451 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kratos, God of War is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,978 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (441–1451) at an Elo of 1,433, ranking #5035 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 5933 damage dealt and 0.52 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kratos, God of War's win rate?

Kratos, God of War has a 22% win rate across 1978 recorded Playgroup games (441 wins, 1451 losses).

How long do winning games with Kratos, God of War take?

Wins with Kratos, God of War take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Kratos, God of War?

656 decks list Kratos, God of War as their commander on Playgroup, of which 445 have played at least one recorded game.

Kratos, God of War Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

5035

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1433

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5933

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.52

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 656

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 445

No. games played with this commander 1978

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1648	stephenu110	15	8	53 %
2	1554	GishDeezNutz	17	5	29 %
3	1548	Thsman900	20	6	33 %
4	1539	cl0akincellar	11	7	64 %
5	1536	NotMeShootHim	3	1	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kratos, God of War wins, 51.51% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.51%

Commander Damage

28.09%

Non Combat Damage

14.38%

Alternative

3.34%

Combo

2.34%

Mill

0.33%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 447 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kratos, God of War

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kratos, God of War decks that leave them out.

+3.8 pp

Top card: Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor 173 games	+3.8 pp	173
2	Uphill Battle 189 games	+3.7 pp	189
3	Khârn the Betrayer 79 games	+2.6 pp	79
4	Tyrite Sanctum 256 games	+2.4 pp	256
5	Karlach, Fury of Avernus 281 games	+1.5 pp	281
6	Ruby Medallion 438 games	+0.5 pp	438
7	Avatar Roku, Firebender 92 games	+0.3 pp	92
8	Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 353 games	+0.3 pp	353

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?

Kratos, God of War wins 58.33% of games from position 6 and 6.67% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

27.53% n=594

Seat 2

25.54% n=607

Seat 3

18.6% n=430

Seat 4

13.27% n=294

Seat 5

6.67% n=60

Seat 6

58.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kratos, God of War wins 20.83% after 0 mulligans and 40.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

20.83% n=605

1 mulligan

26.06% n=330

2 mulligans

32.05% n=117

3 mulligans

29.73% n=37

4 mulligans

40.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kratos, God of War 3.87/5 on average, across 1257 self-reports.

3.87 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kratos, God of War wins, opponents flag the game as salty 25.6% of the time across 449 tracked wins.

25.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kratos, God of War. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.