Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global Commander Stats

611 Wins

1241 Losses

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,852 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (611–1241) at an Elo of 1,481, ranking #3278 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.73 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful's win rate?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful has a 32% win rate across 1852 recorded Playgroup games (611 wins, 1241 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: 20 days.

How many decks use Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful?

612 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 356 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3278

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1481

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.73

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 612

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 356

No. games played with this commander 1852

Total hours played 20 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1615	snorlax9001	19	9	47 %
2	1578	Rawfy	13	9	69 %
3	1564	BURN 🔥	2	1	50 %
4	1547	Zionboy70	14	5	36 %
5	1542	The Final Evil	16	6	38 %

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 43.4% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

43.4%

Combat

40.43%

Non Combat Damage

5.96%

Combo

5.11%

Alternative

4.68%

Mill

0.43%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 620 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 42.97% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.97% n=512

Seat 2

34.29% n=560

Seat 3

27.42% n=445

Seat 4

21.34% n=253

Seat 5

22.22% n=36

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 31.75% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.75% n=929

1 mulligan

35.48% n=310

2 mulligans

32.65% n=98

3 mulligans

42.11% n=38

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

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 1201 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.4% of the time across 619 tracked wins.

66.4 \%

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.