Commander

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Global commander stats

All Green commanders

474 Wins

1160 Losses

Overview

Summary

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,657 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (474–1160) at an Elo of 1,621, ranking #422 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 30 damage dealt and 0.63 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Oct 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 1657 recorded Playgroup games (474 wins, 1160 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: 18 days.

How many decks use Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma?

512 decks list Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma as their commander on Playgroup, of which 287 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

422

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1621

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 30

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.63

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 512

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 287

No. games played with this commander 1657

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1789	Panface	34	20	59 %
2	1621	Bustino	46	11	24 %
3	1580	JollyJeskai	2	2	100 %
4	1573	BigZeeNation	6	4	67 %
5	1557	Bobbi_Wasabi	18	7	41 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins, 85.54% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

85.54%

Commander Damage

8.73%

Alternative

1.81%

Poison

1.51%

Combo

1.2%

Non Combat Damage

1.2%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 489 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.

+4.2 pp

Top card: Soul of the Harvest

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Soul of the Harvest 101 games	+4.2 pp	101
2	Kodama of the East Tree 95 games	+4.2 pp	95
3	Ilysian Caryatid 96 games	+3.5 pp	96
4	Primordial Sage 91 games	+2.9 pp	91
5	Hulking Raptor 71 games	+2.3 pp	71
6	Whisperer of the Wilds 103 games	+1.7 pp	103
7	Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation 70 games	+0.4 pp	70

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 34.31% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.31% n=497

Seat 2

30.1% n=480

Seat 3

22.13% n=409

Seat 4

26.96% n=230

Seat 5

18.92% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins 28.88% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.88% n=819

1 mulligan

31.2% n=234

2 mulligans

21.53% n=72

3 mulligans

31.03% n=29

4 mulligans

30.77% n=13

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 3.68/5 on average, across 1171 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.0% of the time across 490 tracked wins.

39.0 \%

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.