Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Global Commander Stats

635 Wins

1284 Losses

Summary

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,919 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (635–1284) at an Elo of 1,588, ranking #631 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Jun 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 1919 recorded Playgroup games (635 wins, 1284 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: 26 days.

How many decks use Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer? ▾

869 decks list Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 488 have played at least one recorded game.

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

631

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1588

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 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 869

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 488

No. games played with this commander 1919

Total hours played 26 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1615	Albux	16	7	44 %
2	1605	ImCaptnFlowers	30	12	40 %
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, 78.21% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

78.21%

Alternative

6.65%

Combo

6.19%

Non Combat Damage

4.59%

Commander Damage

2.98%

Poison

1.15%

Mill

0.23%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 661 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

44.67% n=544

Seat 2

33.21% n=539

Seat 3

27.07% n=495

Seat 4

23.26% n=288

Seat 5

12.5% n=40

Seat 6

100.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 35.22% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.22% n=903

1 mulligan

33.8% n=284

2 mulligans

25.24% n=103

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 3.7/5 on average, across 1321 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.8% of the time across 662 tracked wins.

62.8 \%

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.