Commander

Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

1785 Wins

3762 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Shorikai, Genesis Engine is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,558 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (1785–3762) at an Elo of 1,536, ranking #1347 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 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 5558 recorded Playgroup games (1785 wins, 3762 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: 3 months.

How many decks use Shorikai, Genesis Engine?

2,207 decks list Shorikai, Genesis Engine as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,134 have played at least one recorded game.

Shorikai, Genesis Engine Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1347

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1536

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 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2207

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1134

No. games played with this commander 5558

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	EveEveEveLyn	17	8	50 %
2	1662	Andreas Kensén (Hecube)	50	24	48 %
3	1628	Lukas	128	63	49 %
4	1594	LittleUneasy11	20	8	40 %
5	1593	Gennio89DaB34ST	28	17	61 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins, 58.21% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

58.21%

Alternative

13.47%

Combo

13.03%

Commander Damage

6.86%

Non Combat Damage

6.6%

Mill

1.48%

Poison

0.35%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 1821 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.

+2.1 pp

Top card: Cloud Key

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Cloud Key 58 games	+2.1 pp	58
2	Mox Opal 110 games	+0.1 pp	110
3	Teferi's Protection 130 games	+0.0 pp	130

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 40.0% of games from position 1 and 5.88% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.0% n=1490

Seat 2

33.27% n=1554

Seat 3

26.29% n=1217

Seat 4

26.86% n=808

Seat 5

12.73% n=110

Seat 6

5.88% n=17

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins 32.66% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.66% n=2580

1 mulligan

31.85% n=763

2 mulligans

26.77% n=310

3 mulligans

33.65% n=104

4 mulligans

23.08% n=26

5 mulligans

50.0% n=4

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shorikai, Genesis Engine 3.79/5 on average, across 3920 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shorikai, Genesis Engine wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.8% of the time across 1826 tracked wins.

67.8 \%

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.