Commander

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

1866 Wins

3944 Losses

Overview

Summary

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,865 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1866–3944) at an Elo of 1,557, ranking #1032 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 157939 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 31 Oct 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 5865 recorded Playgroup games (1866 wins, 3944 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: 3 months.

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

2,238 decks list Go-Shintai of Life's Origin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,271 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

1032

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1557

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 158259

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 99459

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2238

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1271

No. games played with this commander 5865

Total hours played 3 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	1596	Nimbus	4	4	100 %
4	1593	abdbla	9	6	75 %
5	1589	Gaston Sosa	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins, 36.28% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

36.28%

Combat

28.39%

Alternative

28.1%

Combo

4.89%

Commander Damage

1.17%

Mill

1.02%

Poison

0.15%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 1906 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.

+6.2 pp

Top card: Dreamroot Cascade

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dreamroot Cascade 72 games	+6.2 pp	72
2	Deathcap Glade 83 games	+6.2 pp	83
3	Southern Air Temple 405 games	+5.4 pp	405
4	Bojuka Bog Signature build 67 games · Signature build	+4.1 pp	67
5	Northern Air Temple 421 games	+4.1 pp	421
6	Extinguish All Hope 416 games	+3.8 pp	416
7	Rockfall Vale 120 games	+3.8 pp	120
8	The Spirit Oasis 418 games	+3.5 pp	418
9	Deserted Beach 84 games	+3.5 pp	84
10	City of Brass 113 games	+3.4 pp	113

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 276 games	+3.2 pp	276
12	Enlightened Tutor 226 games	+3.2 pp	226
13	White Lotus Hideout 180 games	+2.9 pp	180
14	Kyoshi Island Plaza 343 games	+2.5 pp	343
15	The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest Signature build 68 games · Signature build	+2.5 pp	68

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 37.46% of games from position 1 and 19.7% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.46% n=1747

Seat 2

33.6% n=1622

Seat 3

28.42% n=1383

Seat 4

24.17% n=842

Seat 5

19.7% n=132

Seat 6

27.27% n=22

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins 31.2% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.2% n=2708

1 mulligan

33.74% n=867

2 mulligans

25.0% n=284

3 mulligans

21.84% n=87

4 mulligans

38.46% n=13

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 3943 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 40.5% of the time across 1908 tracked wins.

40.5 \%

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.