Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Global Commander Stats

587 Wins

1210 Losses

Summary

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,797 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (587–1210) at an Elo of 1,580, ranking #688 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Apr 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

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

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer has a 32% win rate across 1797 recorded Playgroup games (587 wins, 1210 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: 24 days.

How many decks use Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer? ▾

843 decks list Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 469 have played at least one recorded game.

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

688

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1580

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 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 843

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 469

No. games played with this commander 1797

Total hours played 24 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1630	Albux	15	7	47 %
2	1587	André	7	4	57 %
3	1584	ImCaptnFlowers	28	11	39 %
4	1568	apathy_enrage	6	3	50 %
5	1567	Goomi	5	4	80 %

How does this commander win?

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, 78.37% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

78.37%

Alternative

6.62%

Combo

6.11%

Non Combat Damage

4.58%

Commander Damage

2.8%

Poison

1.27%

Mill

0.25%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 612 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

43.96% n=505

Seat 2

33.33% n=507

Seat 3

26.09% n=460

Seat 4

23.42% n=269

Seat 5

12.5% n=40

Seat 6

100.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 34.68% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.68% n=865

1 mulligan

32.95% n=258

2 mulligans

26.44% n=87

3 mulligans

28.0% n=25

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 3.71/5 on average, across 1238 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.3% of the time across 613 tracked wins.

62.3 \%

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.