Commander

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Global commander stats {B} {G} {U} All Sultai commanders
Win Rate 32%
653 Wins
1343 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,997 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (6531343) at an Elo of 1,408, ranking #4300 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.64 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 1997 recorded Playgroup games (653 wins, 1343 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: 27 days.
How many decks use Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer?
908 decks list Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 503 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4300
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1408
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Averages

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 908
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 503
No. games played with this commander 1997
Total hours played 27 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1604 ImCaptnFlowers 30 12
2 1598 Albux 17 7
3 1587 Kluzer 7 4
4 1567 Goomi 5 4
5 1549 Afonso Garcês 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, 78.54% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
78.54%
Alternative
6.42%
Combo
5.97%
Non Combat Damage
4.42%
Commander Damage
3.1%
Poison
1.11%
Mill
0.44%
Avg win turn 9.9 based on 680 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.

+3.0 pp
Top card: Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
# Card Lift
1
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter 68 games
+3.0 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
44.31% n=562
2
Seat 2
32.62% n=564
3
Seat 3
26.94% n=516
4
Seat 4
23.05% n=295
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 34.94% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
34.94% n=933
1
1 mulligan
33.11% n=302
2
2 mulligans
25.45% n=110
3
3 mulligans
25.0% n=28
4
4 mulligans
16.67% n=6
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
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 1369 self-reports.

3.7 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.0% of the time across 681 tracked wins.

63.0 \%
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

Saheeli, Radiant Creator commander art
60.0%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
56.52%
Commodore Guff commander art
Commodore Guff 11 games
54.55%

Top 5 worst matchups