Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global Commander Stats

638 Wins

1258 Losses

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,896 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (638–1258) at an Elo of 1,694, ranking #67 globally.

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

Last full refresh 12 Jul 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 1896 recorded Playgroup games (638 wins, 1258 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?

633 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 372 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1694

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 633

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 372

No. games played with this commander 1896

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	1556	Fergonius	16	2	13 %
5	1552	The Final Evil	17	7	41 %

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 43.85% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

43.85%

Combat

39.96%

Non Combat Damage

6.35%

Combo

4.92%

Alternative

4.51%

Mill

0.41%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 647 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 43.81% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.81% n=525

Seat 2

34.96% n=575

Seat 3

27.88% n=452

Seat 4

21.67% n=263

Seat 5

24.32% n=37

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 32.56% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.56% n=943

1 mulligan

36.05% n=319

2 mulligans

34.31% n=102

3 mulligans

42.5% n=40

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

100.0% n=2

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 1233 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.6% of the time across 647 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.