Kelsien, the Plague

Global Commander Stats

All Mardu commanders

312 Wins

702 Losses

Summary

Kelsien, the Plague is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,014 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (312–702) at an Elo of 1,616, ranking #384 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.7 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kelsien, the Plague's win rate?

Kelsien, the Plague has a 30% win rate across 1014 recorded Playgroup games (312 wins, 702 losses).

How long do winning games with Kelsien, the Plague take?

Wins with Kelsien, the Plague take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Kelsien, the Plague?

396 decks list Kelsien, the Plague as their commander on Playgroup, of which 198 have played at least one recorded game.

Kelsien, the Plague Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

384

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1616

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.7

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 396

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 198

No. games played with this commander 1014

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1588	Kyrmaal	3	3	100 %
2	1568	BasedxDog	14	6	43 %
3	1537	Emjaykay	2	1	50 %
4	1515	Wedgi	2	1	50 %
5	1513	fck.luck	12	4	33 %

How does this commander win?

When Kelsien, the Plague wins, 47.06% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

47.06%

Combat

34.84%

Alternative

8.6%

Non Combat Damage

4.07%

Combo

3.17%

Poison

1.36%

Mill

0.9%

Avg win turn 10.2 based on 319 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Kelsien, the Plague wins 36.58% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.58% n=257

Seat 2

34.67% n=274

Seat 3

24.29% n=247

Seat 4

24.34% n=152

Seat 5

24.14% n=29

Seat 6

16.67% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kelsien, the Plague wins 30.78% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.78% n=510

1 mulligan

29.37% n=126

2 mulligans

38.89% n=36

3 mulligans

0.0% n=8

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Kelsien, the Plague 3.72/5 on average, across 629 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kelsien, the Plague wins, opponents flag the game as salty 53.0% of the time across 319 tracked wins.

53.0 \%

Best and worst matchups

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