Commander

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

Global commander stats {G} {U} All Simic commanders
Win Rate 22%
259 Wins
870 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,145 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (259–870) at an Elo of 1,464, ranking #4216 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kenessos, Priest of Thassa's win rate?
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa has a 22% win rate across 1145 recorded Playgroup games (259 wins, 870 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: 15 days.
How many decks use Kenessos, Priest of Thassa?
380 decks list Kenessos, Priest of Thassa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 234 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4216
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1464
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9
Average commander damage per game 2
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.5
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 380
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 234
No. games played with this commander 1145
Total hours played 15 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1595 SilentBurst 5 4
2 1570 Nimbus 7 5
3 1535 Zuharran 1 1
4 1523 nPredator1 2 2
5 1522 TheHolyDeag 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins, 90.45% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
90.45%
Commander Damage
2.81%
Alternative
2.25%
Combo
1.69%
Non Combat Damage
1.69%
Poison
0.56%
Mill
0.56%
Avg win turn 9.7 based on 264 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kenessos, Priest of Thassa decks that leave them out.

+0.9 pp
Top card: The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
# Card Lift
1
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island 36 games
+0.9 pp
2
Rivendell
Rivendell 107 games
+0.5 pp
3
Sin, Unending Cataclysm
Sin, Unending Cataclysm 93 games
+0.4 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?

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins 26.97% of games from position 1 and 18.03% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
26.97% n=330
2
Seat 2
22.42% n=330
3
Seat 3
19.37% n=271
4
Seat 4
18.03% n=183
5
Seat 5
18.18% n=22
6
Seat 6
20.0% n=5
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins 19.92% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
19.92% n=512
1
1 mulligan
22.7% n=163
2
2 mulligans
11.76% n=51
3
3 mulligans
36.36% n=11
4
4 mulligans
25.0% n=4
5
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 752 self-reports.

3.46 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 264 tracked wins.

67.0 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Saheeli, the Gifted commander art
54.55%
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER commander art
38.46%
Coram, the Undertaker commander art
38.46%
Rakdos, Lord of Riots commander art
36.36%

Top 5 worst matchups