Commander

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global commander stats

All White commanders

653 Wins

1306 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,960 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (653–1306) at an Elo of 1,526, ranking #1466 globally.

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

Last full refresh 1 Aug 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 1960 recorded Playgroup games (653 wins, 1306 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful?

660 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 383 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1466

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1526

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

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 660

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 383

No. games played with this commander 1960

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1630	snorlax9001	19	9	47 %
2	1578	Rawfy	13	9	69 %
3	1556	Fergonius	16	2	13 %
4	1550	The Final Evil	17	7	41 %
5	1547	Zionboy70	14	5	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 43.31% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

43.31%

Combat

40.32%

Non Combat Damage

6.59%

Combo

4.79%

Alternative

4.59%

Mill

0.4%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 663 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: The Grey Havens

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	The Grey Havens 95 games	+0.6 pp		95

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 43.36% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.36% n=542

Seat 2

35.3% n=592

Seat 3

27.27% n=462

Seat 4

21.32% n=272

Seat 5

23.68% n=38

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 32.27% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.27% n=970

1 mulligan

36.17% n=329

2 mulligans

32.71% n=107

3 mulligans

43.9% n=41

4 mulligans

14.29% n=7

5 mulligans

100.0% n=2

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 1274 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.0% of the time across 663 tracked wins.

67.0 \%

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.