Commander

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

447 Wins

1106 Losses

Overview

Summary

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,563 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (447–1106) at an Elo of 1,423, ranking #4608 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 27 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma's win rate?

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma has a 28% win rate across 1563 recorded Playgroup games (447 wins, 1106 losses).

How long do winning games with Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma take?

Wins with Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.

How many decks use Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma?

491 decks list Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma as their commander on Playgroup, of which 261 have played at least one recorded game.

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4608

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1423

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 27

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 491

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 261

No. games played with this commander 1563

Total hours played 17 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1789	Panface	34	20	59 %
2	1580	JollyJeskai	2	2	100 %
3	1573	BigZeeNation	6	4	67 %
4	1561	Bustino	44	9	20 %
5	1536	Yam Bandit	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins, 86.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.58%

Commander Damage

7.99%

Alternative

1.92%

Combo

1.28%

Poison

1.28%

Non Combat Damage

0.96%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 463 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma decks that leave them out.

+7.9 pp

Top card: Kodama of the East Tree

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Kodama of the East Tree 88 games	+7.9 pp	88
2	Hulking Raptor 64 games	+5.8 pp	64
3	Kogla, the Titan Ape 69 games	+5.2 pp	69
4	Soul of the Harvest 90 games	+2.8 pp	90
5	Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus 173 games	+1.4 pp	173
6	Primordial Sage 90 games	+1.4 pp	90
7	Ilysian Caryatid 89 games	+1.3 pp	89
8	Garruk's Packleader 151 games	+1.3 pp	151
9	Traverse the Outlands Signature build 69 games · Signature build	+1.0 pp	69
10	Castle Garenbrig 42 games	+0.8 pp	42

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?

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins 33.93% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.93% n=473

Seat 2

30.2% n=457

Seat 3

22.02% n=386

Seat 4

26.39% n=216

Seat 5

18.92% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins 28.72% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.72% n=799

1 mulligan

30.8% n=224

2 mulligans

19.35% n=62

3 mulligans

33.33% n=27

4 mulligans

25.0% n=12

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma 3.69/5 on average, across 1138 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.0% of the time across 463 tracked wins.

73.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.