Commander

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

433 Wins

782 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,219 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (433–782) at an Elo of 1,566, ranking #911 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 11 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 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 1219 recorded Playgroup games (433 wins, 782 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: 14 days.

How many decks use Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign?

470 decks list Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign as their commander on Playgroup, of which 251 have played at least one recorded game.

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

911

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1566

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Global Elo trend

Trend

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 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 470

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 251

No. games played with this commander 1219

Total hours played 14 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	1549	RofellosDeservedBetter	74	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, 58.2% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.2%

Alternative

17.03%

Non Combat Damage

13.31%

Commander Damage

5.57%

Combo

5.26%

Poison

0.31%

Mill

0.31%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 438 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.

+1.5 pp

Top card: Magister Sphinx

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Magister Sphinx 58 games	+1.5 pp		58
2	Temple of Silence 51 games	+0.7 pp		51

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 39.64% of games from position 1 and 27.27% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.64% n=386

Seat 2

39.31% n=318

Seat 3

29.0% n=269

Seat 4

28.39% n=155

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 35.25% after 0 mulligans and 66.67% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.25% n=610

1 mulligan

34.42% n=154

2 mulligans

32.86% n=70

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 793 self-reports.

3.63 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.9% of the time across 440 tracked wins.

65.9 \%

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.