Commander

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Global commander stats

All Colorless commanders

759 Wins

1382 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Kozilek, the Great Distortion is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,144 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (759–1382) at an Elo of 1,660, ranking #161 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 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 2144 recorded Playgroup games (759 wins, 1382 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Kozilek, the Great Distortion?

648 decks list Kozilek, the Great Distortion as their commander on Playgroup, of which 331 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

161

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1660

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 13

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 648

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 331

No. games played with this commander 2144

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1729	Loremaster	17	14	82 %
2	1689	Cajiks	221	116	54 %
3	1597	Krevin	10	5	50 %
4	1586	maxbiatch	15	9	60 %
5	1569	TRS_Red	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins, 60.3% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

60.3%

Commander Damage

20.17%

Alternative

6.87%

Combo

4.29%

Non Combat Damage

4.08%

Poison

3.22%

Mill

1.07%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 774 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.

+8.6 pp

Top card: Scorched Ruins

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Scorched Ruins Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+8.6 pp	37
2	Mirage Mirror Signature build 46 games · Signature build	+5.4 pp	46
3	It That Heralds the End 68 games	+4.0 pp	68
4	Urza's Workshop 53 games	+2.6 pp	53
5	War Room 116 games	+1.8 pp	116
6	The Eternity Elevator Signature build 39 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp	39

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 22.92% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.88% n=569

Seat 2

37.24% n=537

Seat 3

31.86% n=430

Seat 4

24.42% n=258

Seat 5

22.92% n=48

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins 35.21% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.21% n=943

1 mulligan

35.82% n=282

2 mulligans

38.83% n=103

3 mulligans

34.48% n=29

4 mulligans

33.33% n=12

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kozilek, the Great Distortion 3.75/5 on average, across 1252 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kozilek, the Great Distortion wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.3% of the time across 774 tracked wins.

60.3 \%

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.