Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Global Commander Stats

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649 Wins

1318 Losses

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Summary

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,967 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (649–1318) at an Elo of 1,586, ranking #666 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 1967 recorded Playgroup games (649 wins, 1318 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?

899 decks list Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 500 have played at least one recorded game.

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

666

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1586

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 899

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 500

No. games played with this commander 1967

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	1549	Afonso Garcês	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, 78.35% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

78.35%

Alternative

6.47%

Combo

6.03%

Non Combat Damage

4.46%

Commander Damage

3.13%

Poison

1.12%

Mill

0.45%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 676 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

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

Seat 1

44.46% n=560

Seat 2

33.15% n=555

Seat 3

27.02% n=507

Seat 4

23.29% n=292

Seat 5

12.2% n=41

Seat 6

100.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins 35.03% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.03% n=925

1 mulligan

33.79% n=293

2 mulligans

25.71% n=105

3 mulligans

25.0% n=28

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 1357 self-reports.

3.71 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.0% of the time across 676 tracked wins.

63.0 \%

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.