Commander

Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

1960 Wins

4053 Losses

Overview

Summary

Shorikai, Genesis Engine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,057 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1960–4053) at an Elo of 1,577, ranking #811 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 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 6057 recorded Playgroup games (1960 wins, 4053 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?

2,327 decks list Shorikai, Genesis Engine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,254 have played at least one recorded game.

Shorikai, Genesis Engine Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

811

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1577

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 2327

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1254

No. games played with this commander 6057

Total hours played 6 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1725	WhereamIHelp!	15	10	70 %
2	1692	EveEveEveLyn	17	8	50 %
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, 58.15% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.15%

Alternative

13.66%

Combo

13.51%

Commander Damage

6.6%

Non Combat Damage

6.21%

Mill

1.4%

Poison

0.47%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1983 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.

+9.0 pp

Top card: Mox Opal

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Mox Opal 213 games	+9.0 pp	213
2	Rhystic Study 237 games	+8.4 pp	237
3	Mana Drain 177 games	+7.8 pp	177
4	Tundra 110 games	+7.8 pp	110
5	Hullbreaker Horror 170 games	+7.6 pp	170
6	Sensei's Divining Top 94 games	+7.0 pp	94
7	Chrome Mox Signature build 88 games · Signature build	+7.0 pp	88
8	The One Ring 85 games	+5.9 pp	85
9	Cyclonic Rift 265 games	+5.1 pp	265
10	Urza's Saga 225 games	+5.0 pp	225

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Force of Will 114 games	+4.9 pp	114
12	Esper Sentinel 254 games	+4.8 pp	254
13	Scalding Tarn 115 games	+4.8 pp	115
14	Enlightened Tutor 227 games	+4.7 pp	227
15	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 141 games	+4.6 pp	141

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 40.24% of games from position 1 and 5.26% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.24% n=1654

Seat 2

33.66% n=1726

Seat 3

26.15% n=1321

Seat 4

27.01% n=881

Seat 5

12.82% n=117

Seat 6

5.26% n=19

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins 33.05% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.05% n=2690

1 mulligan

31.79% n=843

2 mulligans

27.46% n=346

3 mulligans

36.04% n=111

4 mulligans

19.35% n=31

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 4209 self-reports.

3.8 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.2% of the time across 1999 tracked wins.

36.2 \%

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.