Commander

Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

1909 Wins

3981 Losses

Overview

Summary

Shorikai, Genesis Engine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,921 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1909–3981) at an Elo of 1,572, ranking #821 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shorikai, Genesis Engine's win rate?

Shorikai, Genesis Engine has a 32% win rate across 5921 recorded Playgroup games (1909 wins, 3981 losses).

How long do winning games with Shorikai, Genesis Engine take?

Wins with Shorikai, Genesis Engine take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 months.

How many decks use Shorikai, Genesis Engine?

2,278 decks list Shorikai, Genesis Engine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,219 have played at least one recorded game.

Shorikai, Genesis Engine Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

821

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1572

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 8

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 5 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2278

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1219

No. games played with this commander 5921

Total hours played 6 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	EveEveEveLyn	17	8	50 %
2	1688	WhereamIHelp!	12	8	71 %
3	1662	Andreas Kensén (Hecube)	50	24	48 %
4	1628	Lukas	128	63	49 %
5	1594	LittleUneasy11	20	8	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins, 57.59% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

57.59%

Alternative

13.74%

Combo

13.66%

Commander Damage

6.79%

Non Combat Damage

6.31%

Mill

1.44%

Poison

0.48%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1938 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Shorikai, Genesis Engine decks that leave them out.

+10.9 pp

Top card: Sensei's Divining Top

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sensei's Divining Top Signature build 90 games · Signature build	+10.9 pp	90
2	Mana Vault 107 games	+9.7 pp	107
3	Tundra 96 games	+9.4 pp	96
4	Ancient Tomb 90 games	+9.1 pp	90
5	Force of Will 106 games	+8.0 pp	106
6	Mana Drain 101 games	+7.4 pp	101
7	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Signature build 111 games · Signature build	+6.4 pp	111
8	Hullbreaker Horror 109 games	+6.4 pp	109
9	Rhystic Study 169 games	+6.4 pp	169
10	Silence 121 games	+6.3 pp	121

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Mox Opal 147 games	+5.9 pp	147
12	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 132 games	+5.2 pp	132
13	Force of Negation 109 games	+5.2 pp	109
14	Scalding Tarn 99 games	+4.7 pp	99
15	Enlightened Tutor 161 games	+3.9 pp	161

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?

Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins 40.26% of games from position 1 and 5.26% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.26% n=1628

Seat 2

33.47% n=1685

Seat 3

25.9% n=1299

Seat 4

26.77% n=863

Seat 5

12.39% n=113

Seat 6

5.26% n=19

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins 32.88% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.88% n=2664

1 mulligan

31.88% n=825

2 mulligans

27.3% n=337

3 mulligans

34.86% n=109

4 mulligans

20.69% n=29

5 mulligans

60.0% n=5

6 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shorikai, Genesis Engine 3.8/5 on average, across 4146 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 1954 tracked wins.

68.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Shorikai, Genesis Engine. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.