Commander

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

442 Wins

1067 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,516 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (442–1067) at an Elo of 1,593, ranking #592 globally.

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

Last full refresh 30 Aug 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 29% win rate across 1516 recorded Playgroup games (442 wins, 1067 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?

476 decks list Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma as their commander on Playgroup, of which 257 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

592

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1593

Trend

Global Elo trend

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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 476

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 257

No. games played with this commander 1516

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	1545	Bobbi_Wasabi	15	6	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins, 86.5% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

86.5%

Commander Damage

8.04%

Alternative

1.93%

Combo

1.29%

Poison

1.29%

Non Combat Damage

0.96%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 458 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.

+8.2 pp

Top card: Kodama of the East Tree

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Kodama of the East Tree 82 games	+8.2 pp	82
2	Kogla, the Titan Ape 62 games	+7.2 pp	62
3	Soul of the Harvest 82 games	+3.7 pp	82
4	Primordial Sage 82 games	+2.0 pp	82

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 34.4% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.4% n=436

Seat 2

29.44% n=428

Seat 3

21.91% n=356

Seat 4

27.59% n=203

Seat 5

20.0% n=35

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins 28.83% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.83% n=789

1 mulligan

30.91% n=220

2 mulligans

20.0% n=60

3 mulligans

33.33% n=27

4 mulligans

27.27% n=11

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 1107 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.9% of the time across 458 tracked wins.

72.9 \%

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.