Commander

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

622 Wins

1246 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,919 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (622–1246) at an Elo of 1,497, ranking #3880 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign's win rate?

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign has a 32% win rate across 1919 recorded Playgroup games (622 wins, 1246 losses).

How long do winning games with Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign take?

Wins with Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign?

876 decks list Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign as their commander on Playgroup, of which 562 have played at least one recorded game.

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3880

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1497

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 876

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 562

No. games played with this commander 1919

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1640	mrupthere	145	71	49 %
2	1616	Tobi	16	8	50 %
3	1580	Khrallz	2	2	100 %
4	1577	Mafooshu	6	4	67 %
5	1567	RofellosDeservedBetter	80	43	54 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, 58.46% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.46%

Alternative

20.0%

Non Combat Damage

10.55%

Combo

5.27%

Commander Damage

5.27%

Poison

0.22%

Mill

0.22%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 624 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign decks that leave them out.

+9.5 pp

Top card: Dimir Signet

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dimir Signet 75 games	+9.5 pp	75
2	Orzhov Signet Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+3.8 pp	37
3	Expropriate 59 games	+3.2 pp	59
4	Talisman of Dominance Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	54
5	Raffine's Tower 92 games	+1.4 pp	92
6	Anguished Unmaking 101 games	+1.3 pp	101
7	Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign 35 games	+0.6 pp	35
8	Lightning Greaves 148 games	+0.1 pp	148
9	Azorius Signet 54 games	+0.0 pp	54

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?

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins 38.05% of games from position 1 and 25.0% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.05% n=619

Seat 2

33.49% n=524

Seat 3

27.64% n=436

Seat 4

25.0% n=244

Seat 5

27.42% n=31

Seat 6

25.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins 34.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.53% n=737

1 mulligan

32.0% n=300

2 mulligans

34.43% n=106

3 mulligans

36.11% n=36

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign 3.67/5 on average, across 1195 self-reports.

3.67 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.1% of the time across 631 tracked wins.

34.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.