Commander

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

Global commander stats {B} All Black commanders
Win Rate 26%
198 Wins
529 Losses
Overview

Summary

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 738 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (198–529) at an Elo of 1,624, ranking #388 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 442309 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar's win rate?
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar has a 26% win rate across 738 recorded Playgroup games (198 wins, 529 losses).
How long do winning games with Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar take?
Wins with Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.
How many decks use Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar?
256 decks list Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar as their commander on Playgroup, of which 173 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
388
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1624
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 443268
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.57
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 256
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 173
No. games played with this commander 738
Total hours played 8 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1545 Tweek 18 3
2 1545 MisguidedGh0st 3 3
3 1535 Drew Banks 1 1
4 1526 sobo73 4 2
5 1522 Goombill 2 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins, 48.48% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
48.48%
Non Combat Damage
32.73%
Combo
8.48%
Alternative
6.67%
Commander Damage
1.82%
Mill
1.21%
Poison
0.61%
Avg win turn 9.6 based on 199 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar decks that leave them out.

+3.8 pp
Top card: Gray Merchant of Asphodel

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?

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins 34.86% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
34.86% n=218
2
Seat 2
24.87% n=195
3
Seat 3
24.42% n=172
4
Seat 4
22.41% n=116
5
Seat 5
30.77% n=13
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=3
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins 29.13% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
29.13% n=309
1
1 mulligan
25.81% n=124
2
2 mulligans
22.64% n=53
3
3 mulligans
62.5% n=8
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=3
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=1
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar 3.68/5 on average, across 481 self-reports.

3.68 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins, opponents flag the game as salty 31.8% of the time across 201 tracked wins.

31.8 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Sauron, the Dark Lord commander art
43.75%
Alela, Cunning Conqueror commander art
41.67%
Atla Palani, Nest Tender commander art
40.0%
The Wise Mothman commander art
The Wise Mothman 11 games
36.36%

Top 5 worst matchups

The First Sliver commander art
The First Sliver 10 games
0.0%
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos commander art
6.25%
Dina, Essence Brewer commander art
8.33%
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash commander art
9.09%