Commander

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

300 Wins

517 Losses

Overview

Summary

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 826 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (300–517) at an Elo of 1,616, ranking #453 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 4680675 damage dealt and 0.52 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Kraum, Ludevic's Opus's win rate?

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus has a 36% win rate across 826 recorded Playgroup games (300 wins, 517 losses).

How long do winning games with Kraum, Ludevic's Opus take?

Wins with Kraum, Ludevic's Opus take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Kraum, Ludevic's Opus?

361 decks list Kraum, Ludevic's Opus as their commander on Playgroup, of which 187 have played at least one recorded game.

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

453

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1616

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4680675

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.52

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 361

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 187

No. games played with this commander 826

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1655	Nex ex Umbra	8	7	88 %
2	1637	Chillstad	7	5	71 %
3	1581	Herostate	7	4	57 %
4	1568	Coquitos	6	5	83 %
5	1568	Ceejypeaches	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Kraum, Ludevic's Opus wins, 41.38% of wins come via combo across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combo

41.38%

Alternative

18.23%

Combat

16.75%

Non Combat Damage

14.78%

Commander Damage

5.42%

Mill

2.96%

Poison

0.49%

Avg win turn 6.6 based on 308 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Kraum, Ludevic's Opus decks that leave them out.

+9.2 pp

Top card: Reflecting Pool

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Reflecting Pool Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+9.2 pp	35
2	Cyclonic Rift Signature build 81 games · Signature build	+5.0 pp	81
3	Drannith Magistrate Signature build 32 games · Signature build	+3.5 pp	32

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?

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus wins 42.14% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.14% n=229

Seat 2

40.0% n=235

Seat 3

30.77% n=182

Seat 4

30.3% n=165

Seat 5

37.5% n=8

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Kraum, Ludevic's Opus wins 40.0% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

40.0% n=340

1 mulligan

29.37% n=143

2 mulligans

35.11% n=94

3 mulligans

34.29% n=35

4 mulligans

35.0% n=20

5 mulligans

25.0% 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 Kraum, Ludevic's Opus 3.79/5 on average, across 505 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Kraum, Ludevic's Opus wins, opponents flag the game as salty 28.0% of the time across 311 tracked wins.

28.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Kraum, Ludevic's Opus. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.