Commander

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

548 Wins

1056 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,663 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (548–1056) at an Elo of 1,575, ranking #828 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Oct 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 1663 recorded Playgroup games (548 wins, 1056 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?

750 decks list Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign as their commander on Playgroup, of which 467 have played at least one recorded game.

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

828

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1575

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 0.56

Average turn length 5 minutes

No. decks for this commander 750

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 467

No. games played with this commander 1663

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	1577	Mafooshu	6	4	67 %
4	1557	RofellosDeservedBetter	79	42	53 %
5	1546	Kabiby	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, 58.71% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.71%

Alternative

19.15%

Non Combat Damage

11.44%

Combo

5.22%

Commander Damage

4.98%

Poison

0.25%

Mill

0.25%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 548 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.

+8.2 pp

Top card: Dimir Signet

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Dimir Signet 70 games	+8.2 pp		70
2	Expropriate Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+0.1 pp		55

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 38.24% of games from position 1 and 25.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.24% n=540

Seat 2

35.44% n=443

Seat 3

27.01% n=374

Seat 4

25.12% n=207

Seat 5

25.0% n=28

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins 34.63% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.63% n=706

1 mulligan

31.8% n=250

2 mulligans

33.51% n=94

3 mulligans

35.29% n=34

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

5 mulligans

66.67% n=3

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 3.65/5 on average, across 1042 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.2% of the time across 551 tracked wins.

37.2 \%

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.