Commander

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Global commander stats

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1786 Wins

3771 Losses

Overview

Summary

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,599 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1786–3771) at an Elo of 1,662, ranking #168 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 167137 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Go-Shintai of Life's Origin's win rate?

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin has a 31% win rate across 5599 recorded Playgroup games (1786 wins, 3771 losses).

How long do winning games with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin take?

Wins with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Go-Shintai of Life's Origin?

2,159 decks list Go-Shintai of Life's Origin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,200 have played at least one recorded game.

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

168

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1662

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 167137

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2159

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1200

No. games played with this commander 5599

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1720	Laingoo	17	14	82 %
2	1617	Bruzman	8	5	63 %
3	1593	abdbla	10	6	75 %
4	1589	Gaston Sosa	2	2	100 %
5	1578	Nimbus	3	3	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins, 35.94% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

35.94%

Alternative

28.81%

Combat

27.9%

Combo

4.93%

Commander Damage

1.21%

Mill

1.06%

Poison

0.15%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1819 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin decks that leave them out.

+8.3 pp

Top card: City of Brass

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	City of Brass 84 games	+8.3 pp	84
2	Northern Air Temple 342 games	+6.3 pp	342
3	The Spirit Oasis 347 games	+6.1 pp	347
4	Dreamroot Cascade Signature build 64 games · Signature build	+5.6 pp	64
5	Southern Air Temple 341 games	+5.6 pp	341
6	Rockfall Vale 106 games	+4.9 pp	106
7	Deathcap Glade 78 games	+4.9 pp	78
8	The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest Signature build 59 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	59
9	Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 232 games	+4.0 pp	232
10	Kyoshi Island Plaza 284 games	+3.5 pp	284

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Extinguish All Hope 360 games	+3.5 pp	360
12	Enlightened Tutor 191 games	+2.7 pp	191
13	Deserted Beach 78 games	+2.6 pp	78
14	Cultivate 296 games	+2.3 pp	296
15	White Lotus Hideout 157 games	+2.3 pp	157

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?

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins 37.53% of games from position 1 and 18.25% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.53% n=1652

Seat 2

33.66% n=1551

Seat 3

28.6% n=1318

Seat 4

24.1% n=803

Seat 5

18.25% n=126

Seat 6

23.81% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins 31.17% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.17% n=2647

1 mulligan

33.78% n=826

2 mulligans

26.34% n=262

3 mulligans

21.69% n=83

4 mulligans

41.67% n=12

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin 3.62/5 on average, across 3796 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.2% of the time across 1820 tracked wins.

69.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Go-Shintai of Life's Origin. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.