Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global Commander Stats

598 Wins

1198 Losses

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,796 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (598–1198) at an Elo of 1,515, ranking #1579 globally.

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

Last full refresh 1 Jun 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 1796 recorded Playgroup games (598 wins, 1198 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? ▾

594 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 341 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

1579

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1515

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 594

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 341

No. games played with this commander 1796

Total hours played 19 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1615	snorlax9001	19	9	47 %
2	1594	Rawfy	12	9	75 %
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, 43.57% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

43.57%

Combat

40.09%

Non Combat Damage

5.88%

Combo

5.23%

Alternative

4.79%

Mill

0.44%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 607 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 42.94% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.94% n=496

Seat 2

34.49% n=548

Seat 3

28.24% n=425

Seat 4

21.46% n=247

Seat 5

22.22% n=36

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 31.96% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.96% n=901

1 mulligan

36.18% n=304

2 mulligans

33.33% n=96

3 mulligans

45.71% n=35

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 1161 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.2% of the time across 607 tracked wins.

66.2 \%

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.