Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Global Commander Stats

621 Wins

1247 Losses

Summary

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,868 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (621–1247) at an Elo of 1,745, ranking #21 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 May 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer's win rate? ▾

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer has a 33% win rate across 1868 recorded Playgroup games (621 wins, 1247 losses).

How long do winning games with Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer take? ▾

Wins with Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 25 days.

How many decks use Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer? ▾

857 decks list Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 477 have played at least one recorded game.

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1745

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 8

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 857

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 477

No. games played with this commander 1868

Total hours played 25 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1615	ImCaptnFlowers	29	12	41 %
2	1615	Albux	16	7	44 %
3	1587	Kluzer	7	4	57 %
4	1567	Goomi	5	4	80 %
5	1552	Kalvin	19	11	58 %

How does this commander win?

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, 77.83% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

77.83%

Alternative

6.84%

Combo

6.37%

Non Combat Damage

4.48%

Commander Damage

3.07%

Poison

1.18%

Mill

0.24%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 646 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 12.5% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.44% n=531

Seat 2

33.59% n=524

Seat 3

27.03% n=481

Seat 4

23.83% n=277

Seat 5

12.5% n=40

Seat 6

100.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 34.95% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.95% n=887

1 mulligan

33.46% n=269

2 mulligans

26.26% n=99

3 mulligans

26.92% n=26

4 mulligans

16.67% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

25.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer 3.72/5 on average, across 1289 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.1% of the time across 647 tracked wins.

63.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.