Commander

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

Global commander stats

All Simic commanders

266 Wins

889 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,176 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (266–889) at an Elo of 1,528, ranking #1553 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Oct 2026

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 1176 recorded Playgroup games (266 wins, 889 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?

388 decks list Kenessos, Priest of Thassa as their commander on Playgroup, of which 241 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1553

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1528

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

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 388

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 241

No. games played with this commander 1176

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1595	SilentBurst	5	4	80 %
2	1570	Nimbus	7	5	71 %
3	1528	Zuharran	2	1	50 %
4	1523	nPredator1	2	2	100 %
5	1522	TheHolyDeag	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins, 90.76% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

90.76%

Commander Damage

2.72%

Alternative

2.17%

Combo

1.63%

Non Combat Damage

1.63%

Poison

0.54%

Mill

0.54%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 271 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins 26.39% of games from position 1 and 17.74% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

26.39% n=341

Seat 2

22.7% n=337

Seat 3

20.11% n=281

Seat 4

17.74% n=186

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 20.32% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

20.32% n=524

1 mulligan

22.16% n=167

2 mulligans

11.32% n=53

3 mulligans

33.33% n=12

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 769 self-reports.

3.46 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kenessos, Priest of Thassa wins, opponents flag the game as salty 40.2% of the time across 271 tracked wins.

40.2 \%

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.