Commander

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Global commander stats

All Colorless commanders

840 Wins

1521 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kozilek, the Great Distortion is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,374 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (840–1521) at an Elo of 1,516, ranking #1792 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 11 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kozilek, the Great Distortion's win rate?

Kozilek, the Great Distortion has a 35% win rate across 2374 recorded Playgroup games (840 wins, 1521 losses).

How long do winning games with Kozilek, the Great Distortion take?

Wins with Kozilek, the Great Distortion take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 23 days.

How many decks use Kozilek, the Great Distortion?

704 decks list Kozilek, the Great Distortion as their commander on Playgroup, of which 361 have played at least one recorded game.

Kozilek, the Great Distortion Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1792

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1516

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 11

Average commander damage per game 13

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 704

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 361

No. games played with this commander 2374

Total hours played 23 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1744	Triarius	46	23	54 %
2	1729	Loremaster	17	14	82 %
3	1663	Cajiks	224	117	53 %
4	1633	brewdog88	8	6	100 %
5	1597	Krevin	10	5	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins, 59.88% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

59.88%

Commander Damage

19.76%

Alternative

7.11%

Combo

4.55%

Non Combat Damage

4.55%

Poison

2.96%

Mill

1.19%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 852 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kozilek, the Great Distortion decks that leave them out.

+9.4 pp

Top card: Urza's Workshop

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Urza's Workshop 140 games	+9.4 pp	140
2	The Mycosynth Gardens Signature build 141 games · Signature build	+8.1 pp	141
3	Palladium Myr 315 games	+6.6 pp	315
4	Sculpting Steel Signature build 148 games · Signature build	+6.0 pp	148
5	Scavenger Grounds 262 games	+4.3 pp	262
6	Rise of the Eldrazi 199 games	+3.8 pp	199
7	Voltaic Key Signature build 137 games · Signature build	+3.7 pp	137
8	Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands 169 games	+3.2 pp	169
9	Ugin, Eye of the Storms Signature build 171 games · Signature build	+1.8 pp	171
10	Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 229 games	+1.7 pp	229

Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 234 games	+1.4 pp	234
12	Urza's Tower 337 games	+0.1 pp	337
13	Urza's Mine 337 games	+0.1 pp	337
14	Urza's Power Plant 337 games	+0.1 pp	337

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?

Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 24.32% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.78% n=637

Seat 2

37.36% n=617

Seat 3

31.63% n=479

Seat 4

24.32% n=292

Seat 5

25.0% n=52

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins 35.39% after 0 mulligans and 28.57% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.39% n=1006

1 mulligan

36.2% n=326

2 mulligans

35.77% n=123

3 mulligans

34.29% n=35

4 mulligans

28.57% n=14

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kozilek, the Great Distortion 3.74/5 on average, across 1352 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.3% of the time across 855 tracked wins.

33.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kozilek, the Great Distortion. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.