Commander

Killian, Decisive Mentor

Global commander stats {W} {B} All Orzhov commanders Featured in Secrets of Strixhaven
Win Rate 26%
908 Wins
2484 Losses
Overview

Summary

Killian, Decisive Mentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,401 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (9082484) at an Elo of 1,575, ranking #785 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 83 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Killian, Decisive Mentor's win rate?
Killian, Decisive Mentor has a 26% win rate across 3401 recorded Playgroup games (908 wins, 2484 losses).
How long do winning games with Killian, Decisive Mentor take?
Wins with Killian, Decisive Mentor take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.
How many decks use Killian, Decisive Mentor?
1,338 decks list Killian, Decisive Mentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,083 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
785
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1575
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 83
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 5
Average kills per game 0.48
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1338
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1083
No. games played with this commander 3401
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

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4 1536 Nordic Revenant 1 1
5 1532 Pelayo C.F. (Pelcifer) 3 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Killian, Decisive Mentor wins, 75.16% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
75.16%
Commander Damage
11.45%
Non Combat Damage
8.06%
Alternative
4.52%
Poison
0.65%
Combo
0.16%
Avg win turn 9.8 based on 924 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Killian, Decisive Mentor

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

+2.4 pp
Top card: Nurgle's Rot
# Card Lift
1
Nurgle's Rot
Nurgle's Rot 78 games
+2.4 pp
2
Ethereal Armor
Ethereal Armor 148 games
+1.6 pp
3
Visions of Brutality
Visions of Brutality 76 games
+0.7 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?

Killian, Decisive Mentor wins 33.05% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
33.05% n=950
2
Seat 2
26.27% n=948
3
Seat 3
24.97% n=825
4
Seat 4
20.0% n=555
5
Seat 5
13.79% n=87
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=12
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Killian, Decisive Mentor wins 25.14% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.14% n=1084
1
1 mulligan
26.97% n=532
2
2 mulligans
27.82% n=133
3
3 mulligans
9.09% n=33
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
6
6 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Killian, Decisive Mentor 3.73/5 on average, across 2532 self-reports.

3.73 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Killian, Decisive Mentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.3% of the time across 923 tracked wins.

71.3 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Ovika, Enigma Goliath commander art
54.55%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
47.06%

Top 5 worst matchups