Commander

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

421 Wins

758 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,180 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (421–758) at an Elo of 1,603, ranking #506 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 11 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign's win rate?

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign has a 35% win rate across 1180 recorded Playgroup games (421 wins, 758 losses).

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

Wins with Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign?

446 decks list Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign as their commander on Playgroup, of which 242 have played at least one recorded game.

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

506

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1603

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 11

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 446

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 242

No. games played with this commander 1180

Total hours played 13 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1640	mrupthere	145	71	49 %
2	1577	Mafooshu	6	4	67 %
3	1563	RofellosDeservedBetter	73	39	53 %
4	1543	Biscotti	5	2	50 %
5	1534	bibiano perez martinez	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, 57.83% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.83%

Alternative

16.93%

Non Combat Damage

13.74%

Commander Damage

5.75%

Combo

5.11%

Poison

0.32%

Mill

0.32%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 427 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins 39.84% of games from position 1 and 27.27% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.84% n=379

Seat 2

39.48% n=309

Seat 3

28.85% n=260

Seat 4

28.76% n=153

Seat 5

27.27% n=22

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins 35.45% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.45% n=598

1 mulligan

35.62% n=146

2 mulligans

33.33% n=66

3 mulligans

34.78% n=23

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

66.67% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign 3.63/5 on average, across 774 self-reports.

3.63 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 428 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

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.