Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global Commander Stats

590 Wins

1166 Losses

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,756 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (590–1166) at an Elo of 1,578, ranking #728 globally.

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

Last full refresh 12 May 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 1756 recorded Playgroup games (590 wins, 1166 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: 19 days.

How many decks use Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful? ▾

581 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 336 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

728

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1578

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 581

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 336

No. games played with this commander 1756

Total hours played 19 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1594	Rawfy	12	9	75 %
2	1564	BURN 🔥	2	1	50 %
3	1555	snorlax9001	18	8	44 %
4	1554	The Final Evil	15	6	40 %
5	1547	Zionboy70	14	5	36 %

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 43.58% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

43.58%

Combat

40.04%

Non Combat Damage

5.97%

Combo

5.31%

Alternative

4.65%

Mill

0.44%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 598 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 43.66% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.66% n=481

Seat 2

34.57% n=538

Seat 3

28.95% n=411

Seat 4

20.9% n=244

Seat 5

22.22% n=36

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 32.24% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.24% n=887

1 mulligan

36.18% n=293

2 mulligans

33.68% n=95

3 mulligans

47.06% n=34

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 3.83/5 on average, across 1139 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.6% of the time across 598 tracked wins.

66.6 \%

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.