Commander

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Global commander stats

All Five Color commanders

1828 Wins

3858 Losses

Overview

Summary

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,735 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1828–3858) at an Elo of 1,471, ranking #4127 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 162337 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 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 5735 recorded Playgroup games (1828 wins, 3858 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?

2,183 decks list Go-Shintai of Life's Origin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,234 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

4127

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1471

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 162337

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 2183

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1234

No. games played with this commander 5735

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	1593	abdbla	9	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, 36.09% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

36.09%

Alternative

28.57%

Combat

28.05%

Combo

4.91%

Commander Damage

1.19%

Mill

1.04%

Poison

0.15%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 1866 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.

+7.4 pp

Top card: Dreamroot Cascade

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Dreamroot Cascade Signature build 67 games · Signature build	+7.4 pp	67
2	Rockfall Vale 109 games	+6.3 pp	109
3	Deathcap Glade 79 games	+6.3 pp	79
4	Southern Air Temple 376 games	+5.6 pp	376
5	Bojuka Bog Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+5.6 pp	61
6	City of Brass 104 games	+4.7 pp	104
7	Northern Air Temple 390 games	+4.4 pp	390
8	The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest Signature build 60 games · Signature build	+4.2 pp	60
9	Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 255 games	+4.2 pp	255
10	White Lotus Hideout 166 games	+4.1 pp	166

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Kyoshi Island Plaza 316 games	+4.0 pp	316
12	Deserted Beach 79 games	+4.0 pp	79
13	The Spirit Oasis 387 games	+3.8 pp	387
14	Enlightened Tutor 206 games	+3.8 pp	206
15	Extinguish All Hope 388 games	+3.6 pp	388

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 37.32% of games from position 1 and 20.16% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.32% n=1703

Seat 2

33.8% n=1583

Seat 3

28.73% n=1347

Seat 4

24.21% n=824

Seat 5

20.16% n=129

Seat 6

23.81% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins 31.23% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.23% n=2683

1 mulligan

33.67% n=848

2 mulligans

25.74% n=272

3 mulligans

21.43% n=84

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 3861 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 40.7% of the time across 1870 tracked wins.

40.7 \%

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.