Commander

Krenko, Mob Boss

Global commander stats

All Red commanders Featured in Goblin Storm

4624 Wins

7988 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Krenko, Mob Boss is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,696 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (4624–7988) at an Elo of 1,585, ranking #667 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 194817 damage dealt and 0.82 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Krenko, Mob Boss's win rate?

Krenko, Mob Boss has a 36% win rate across 12696 recorded Playgroup games (4624 wins, 7988 losses).

How long do winning games with Krenko, Mob Boss take?

Wins with Krenko, Mob Boss take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: 15 days.

How many decks use Krenko, Mob Boss?

4,363 decks list Krenko, Mob Boss as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,394 have played at least one recorded game.

Krenko, Mob Boss Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

667

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1585

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 194817

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.82

Average turn length < a minute

No. decks for this commander 4363

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2394

No. games played with this commander 12696

Total hours played 15 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1706	Rev1k	47	24	51 %
2	1678	VanHow	29	14	48 %
3	1658	Dut	29	19	66 %
4	1648	Gleeful Simulacrum	10	7	70 %
5	1638	Adan Smith	8	7	88 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Krenko, Mob Boss wins, 62.61% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

62.61%

Non Combat Damage

25.82%

Combo

6.89%

Alternative

2.43%

Commander Damage

1.64%

Mill

0.47%

Poison

0.13%

Avg win turn 7.3 based on 4814 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Krenko, Mob Boss

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Krenko, Mob Boss decks that leave them out.

+5.8 pp

Top card: Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge 90 games	+5.8 pp	90
2	Brightstone Ritual 1,023 games	+5.4 pp	1,023
3	Mana Echoes 215 games	+4.1 pp	215
4	Den of the Bugbear 416 games	+3.6 pp	416
5	Howlsquad Heavy 696 games	+3.4 pp	696
6	Untimely Malfunction 177 games	+3.1 pp	177
7	Battle Hymn 762 games	+3.0 pp	762
8	Buried Ruin 80 games	+2.8 pp	80
9	Arena of Glory 504 games	+2.7 pp	504
10	Goblin Lackey 704 games	+2.6 pp	704

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Great Train Heist 185 games	+2.4 pp	185
12	Pashalik Mons 1,044 games	+2.0 pp	1,044
13	Throne of Eldraine 148 games	+1.8 pp	148
14	Sting, the Glinting Dagger 507 games	+1.4 pp	507
15	Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei 483 games	+1.4 pp	483

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?

Krenko, Mob Boss wins 47.29% of games from position 1 and 18.39% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

47.29% n=3749

Seat 2

38.97% n=3770

Seat 3

28.47% n=2821

Seat 4

23.49% n=1741

Seat 5

18.39% n=299

Seat 6

25.0% n=32

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Krenko, Mob Boss wins 36.27% after 0 mulligans and 16.67% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.27% n=5925

1 mulligan

38.1% n=1639

2 mulligans

35.05% n=505

3 mulligans

27.78% n=126

4 mulligans

26.32% n=19

5 mulligans

18.18% n=11

6 mulligans

16.67% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Krenko, Mob Boss 3.73/5 on average, across 8613 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Krenko, Mob Boss wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.3% of the time across 4820 tracked wins.

67.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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