Commander

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

Global commander stats

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250 Wins

818 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,075 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (250–818) at an Elo of 1,428, ranking #4349 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 10 damage dealt and 0.52 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kenessos, Priest of Thassa's win rate?

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa has a 23% win rate across 1075 recorded Playgroup games (250 wins, 818 losses).

How long do winning games with Kenessos, Priest of Thassa take?

Wins with Kenessos, Priest of Thassa take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Kenessos, Priest of Thassa?

367 decks list Kenessos, Priest of Thassa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 218 have played at least one recorded game.

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4349

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1428

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 10

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.52

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 367

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 218

No. games played with this commander 1075

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1610	SilentBurst	4	4	100 %
2	1552	Nimbus	6	4	67 %
3	1523	nPredator1	2	2	100 %
4	1522	TheHolyDeag	1	1	100 %
5	1511	Aequa	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins, 90.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

90.75%

Alternative

2.89%

Commander Damage

2.31%

Non Combat Damage

1.73%

Combo

1.16%

Poison

0.58%

Mill

0.58%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 255 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins 28.43% of games from position 1 and 17.92% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

28.43% n=299

Seat 2

23.83% n=298

Seat 3

19.61% n=255

Seat 4

17.92% n=173

Seat 5

18.18% n=22

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins 20.04% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

20.04% n=494

1 mulligan

23.47% n=147

2 mulligans

13.64% n=44

3 mulligans

27.27% n=11

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kenessos, Priest of Thassa 3.46/5 on average, across 718 self-reports.

3.46 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.1% of the time across 255 tracked wins.

67.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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