Commander

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Global commander stats

All White commanders

672 Wins

1344 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,017 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (672–1344) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #1007 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 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 2017 recorded Playgroup games (672 wins, 1344 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: 22 days.

How many decks use Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful?

691 decks list Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful as their commander on Playgroup, of which 393 have played at least one recorded game.

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1007

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1559

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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 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 691

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 393

No. games played with this commander 2017

Total hours played 22 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1630	snorlax9001	19	9	47 %
2	1584	TapLand02	9	4	44 %
3	1578	Rawfy	13	9	69 %
4	1556	Fergonius	16	2	13 %
5	1550	The Final Evil	17	7	41 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, 42.88% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

42.88%

Combat

39.81%

Non Combat Damage

6.54%

Combo

5.96%

Alternative

4.42%

Mill

0.38%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 679 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 43.06% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.06% n=555

Seat 2

35.69% n=608

Seat 3

27.23% n=470

Seat 4

21.55% n=283

Seat 5

23.08% n=39

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins 32.46% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.46% n=998

1 mulligan

35.69% n=339

2 mulligans

32.11% n=109

3 mulligans

42.86% n=42

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 3.79/5 on average, across 1317 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 682 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

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.