Commander

Shanna, Purifying Blade

Global commander stats

All Bant commanders

130 Wins

294 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Shanna, Purifying Blade is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 428 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (130–294) at an Elo of 1,687, ranking #74 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shanna, Purifying Blade's win rate?

Shanna, Purifying Blade has a 30% win rate across 428 recorded Playgroup games (130 wins, 294 losses).

How long do winning games with Shanna, Purifying Blade take?

Wins with Shanna, Purifying Blade take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 5 days.

How many decks use Shanna, Purifying Blade?

147 decks list Shanna, Purifying Blade as their commander on Playgroup, of which 89 have played at least one recorded game.

Shanna, Purifying Blade Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1687

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 147

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 89

No. games played with this commander 428

Total hours played 5 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1487	Wobbllob	1	0	0 %
2	1468	Xekith9	19	4	21 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shanna, Purifying Blade wins, 56.52% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

56.52%

Alternative

18.84%

Non Combat Damage

10.14%

Combo

8.7%

Commander Damage

4.35%

Mill

1.45%

Avg win turn 10.3 based on 133 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Shanna, Purifying Blade wins 38.71% of games from position 4 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.84% n=107

Seat 2

33.33% n=102

Seat 3

22.12% n=113

Seat 4

38.71% n=62

Seat 5

20.0% n=5

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shanna, Purifying Blade wins 30.73% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.73% n=205

1 mulligan

23.29% n=73

2 mulligans

22.22% n=18

3 mulligans

33.33% n=3

4 mulligans

100.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shanna, Purifying Blade 3.82/5 on average, across 279 self-reports.

3.82 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shanna, Purifying Blade wins, opponents flag the game as salty 54.9% of the time across 133 tracked wins.

54.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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