Commander

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Global commander stats {B} {G} {U} All Sultai commanders
Win Rate 32%
718 Wins
1470 Losses
Overview

Summary

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,203 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (718–1470) at an Elo of 1,535, ranking #1391 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 526729 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer's win rate?
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer has a 32% win rate across 2203 recorded Playgroup games (718 wins, 1470 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: about 1 month.
How many decks use Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer?
967 decks list Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 543 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1391
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1535
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 526729
Average commander damage per game 2448673
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.63
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 967
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 545
No. games played with this commander 2203
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1598 Albux 17 7
2 1593 ImCaptnFlowers 32 12
3 1587 Kluzer 7 4
4 1567 Goomi 5 4
5 1555 Gaelthestrange 3 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, 78.56% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
78.56%
Combo
6.21%
Alternative
6.21%
Non Combat Damage
4.21%
Commander Damage
3.21%
Poison
1.0%
Mill
0.6%
Avg win turn 9.9 based on 739 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer decks that leave them out.

+5.3 pp
Top card: Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
# Card Lift
1
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter 92 games
+5.3 pp
2
Polluted Delta
Polluted Delta 69 games
+3.0 pp
3
Abhorrent Oculus
Abhorrent Oculus 67 games
+0.8 pp
4
Undergrowth Stadium
Undergrowth Stadium 59 games
+0.0 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?

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 12.2% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
44.24% n=634
2
Seat 2
32.02% n=620
3
Seat 3
26.94% n=553
4
Seat 4
22.15% n=325
5
Seat 5
12.2% n=41
6
Seat 6
100.0% n=4
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 34.62% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.62% n=982
1
1 mulligan
32.36% n=326
2
2 mulligans
25.0% n=124
3
3 mulligans
22.22% n=36
4
4 mulligans
28.57% n=7
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
6
6 mulligans
25.0% n=4
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer 3.7/5 on average, across 1499 self-reports.

3.7 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.5% of the time across 746 tracked wins.

37.5 \%
Head to head

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.

Top 5 best matchups

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth commander art
63.64%
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods commander art
63.64%
Saheeli, Radiant Creator commander art
58.33%
Commodore Guff commander art
Commodore Guff 11 games
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups