Commander

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global commander stats {W} All White commanders
Win Rate 32%
776 Wins
1553 Losses
Overview

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,359 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (776–1553) at an Elo of 1,414, ranking #5145 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 17 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful's win rate?
Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful has a 32% win rate across 2359 recorded Playgroup games (776 wins, 1553 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: 25 days.
How many decks use Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful?
760 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 453 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
5145
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1414
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 17
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.68
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 760
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 453
No. games played with this commander 2359
Total hours played 25 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1628 INSOMNIAC 27 17
2 1610 Hedwig 23 9
3 1599 snorlax9001 21 9
4 1584 TapLand02 9 4
5 1578 Rawfy 13 9
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 41.1% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage
41.1%
Combat
40.41%
Combo
7.19%
Non Combat Damage
6.51%
Alternative
4.45%
Mill
0.34%
Avg win turn 7.7 based on 775 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: Otawara, Soaring City
# Card Lift
1
Otawara, Soaring City
Otawara, Soaring City 113 games
+0.6 pp

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 43.04% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
43.04% n=654
2
Seat 2
35.36% n=707
3
Seat 3
26.56% n=544
4
Seat 4
20.68% n=324
5
Seat 5
21.43% n=42
6
Seat 6
14.29% n=7
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 32.87% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.87% n=1086
1
1 mulligan
36.99% n=392
2
2 mulligans
33.2% n=125
3
3 mulligans
36.54% n=52
4
4 mulligans
10.0% n=10
5
5 mulligans
50.0% n=4
6
6 mulligans
0.0% n=1
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 1466 self-reports.

3.8 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.6% of the time across 785 tracked wins.

32.6 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

Stella Lee, Wild Card commander art
60.0%
Glarb, Calamity's Augur commander art
58.33%
Kardur, Doomscourge commander art
56.25%

Top 5 worst matchups

Zur the Enchanter commander art
0.0%
Muldrotha, the Gravetide commander art
5.26%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
7.69%
Saskia the Unyielding commander art
8.33%