Commander

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global commander stats

All White commanders

773 Wins

1538 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,340 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (773–1538) at an Elo of 1,479, ranking #4260 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 17 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful's win rate?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful has a 33% win rate across 2340 recorded Playgroup games (773 wins, 1538 losses).

How long do winning games with Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful take?

Wins with Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 25 days.

How many decks use Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful?

756 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 451 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4260

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1479

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Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 17

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 756

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 451

No. games played with this commander 2340

Total hours played 25 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1661	Hedwig	20	9	45 %
2	1628	INSOMNIAC	27	17	81 %
3	1599	snorlax9001	21	9	43 %
4	1584	TapLand02	9	4	44 %
5	1578	Rawfy	13	9	69 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 40.96% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

40.96%

Combat

40.45%

Combo

7.23%

Non Combat Damage

6.54%

Alternative

4.48%

Mill

0.34%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 773 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful decks that leave them out.

+0.6 pp

Top card: Otawara, Soaring City

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Otawara, Soaring City 113 games	+0.6 pp		113

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?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 43.15% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.15% n=650

Seat 2

35.42% n=703

Seat 3

26.71% n=541

Seat 4

20.74% n=323

Seat 5

21.43% n=42

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 32.9% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.9% n=1085

1 mulligan

37.18% n=390

2 mulligans

32.66% n=124

3 mulligans

38.0% n=50

4 mulligans

10.0% n=10

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful 3.8/5 on average, across 1460 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.7% of the time across 783 tracked wins.

32.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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