Commander

Killian, Decisive Mentor

Global commander stats

All Orzhov commanders Featured in Secrets of Strixhaven

999 Wins

2735 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Killian, Decisive Mentor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,749 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (999–2735) at an Elo of 1,542, ranking #1237 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 122 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Killian, Decisive Mentor's win rate?

Killian, Decisive Mentor has a 26% win rate across 3749 recorded Playgroup games (999 wins, 2735 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?

1,476 decks list Killian, Decisive Mentor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,159 have played at least one recorded game.

Killian, Decisive Mentor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1237

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1542

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 122

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 1476

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1159

No. games played with this commander 3749

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1608	Robot	11	6	60 %
2	1569	Alex	5	3	60 %
3	1567	GTRanger	5	3	60 %
4	1554	Bobbi_Wasabi	3	2	67 %
5	1548	PsychoWard74	9	4	44 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Killian, Decisive Mentor wins, 75.52% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.52%

Commander Damage

11.06%

Non Combat Damage

8.26%

Alternative

4.42%

Poison

0.59%

Combo

0.15%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 1015 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.

+4.4 pp

Top card: Not Dead After All

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Not Dead After All Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	31
2	Eye of Nidhogg 168 games	+3.3 pp	168
3	Ethereal Armor 173 games	+3.1 pp	173
4	Visions of Brutality 85 games	+2.8 pp	85
5	Angelic Gift 38 games	+2.7 pp	38
6	Nurgle's Rot 92 games	+2.0 pp	92
7	Mesa Enchantress 146 games	+1.8 pp	146
8	Sigil of the Empty Throne 94 games	+1.5 pp	94
9	Feather of Flight 70 games	+1.4 pp	70
10	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 51 games	+1.3 pp	51

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	All That Glitters 180 games	+1.3 pp	180
12	Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice 140 games	+1.1 pp	140
13	Rogue's Passage Signature build 31 games · Signature build	+0.6 pp	31

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 32.78% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.78% n=1016

Seat 2

27.01% n=1022

Seat 3

25.2% n=897

Seat 4

19.48% n=611

Seat 5

12.63% n=95

Seat 6

0.0% n=13

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Killian, Decisive Mentor wins 25.71% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.71% n=1202

1 mulligan

26.76% n=611

2 mulligans

26.85% n=149

3 mulligans

11.43% n=35

4 mulligans

16.67% n=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 3.74/5 on average, across 2772 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Killian, Decisive Mentor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 71.9% of the time across 1015 tracked wins.

71.9 \%

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.