Commander

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

206 Wins

545 Losses

Overview

Summary

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 764 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (206–545) at an Elo of 1,607, ranking #533 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 424356 damage dealt and 0.56 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 9 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar's win rate?

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar has a 26% win rate across 764 recorded Playgroup games (206 wins, 545 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?

268 decks list Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar as their commander on Playgroup, of which 179 have played at least one recorded game.

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

533

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1607

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 424356

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.56

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 268

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 179

No. games played with this commander 764

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1545	MisguidedGh0st	3	3	100 %
2	1545	Tweek	13	3	23 %
3	1541	Drew Banks	3	2	67 %
4	1526	sobo73	4	2	50 %
5	1517	DMJome	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins, 49.42% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.42%

Non Combat Damage

31.98%

Combo

8.14%

Alternative

6.98%

Commander Damage

1.74%

Mill

1.16%

Poison

0.58%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 206 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.

+4.0 pp

Top card: Gray Merchant of Asphodel

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Gray Merchant of Asphodel 71 games	+4.0 pp		71
2	Ashnod's Altar Signature build 69 games · Signature build	+0.4 pp		69

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 34.68% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.68% n=222

Seat 2

25.74% n=204

Seat 3

24.58% n=179

Seat 4

21.67% n=120

Seat 5

30.77% n=13

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins 28.98% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.98% n=314

1 mulligan

25.95% n=131

2 mulligans

23.21% n=56

3 mulligans

55.56% n=9

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

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 3.69/5 on average, across 499 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar wins, opponents flag the game as salty 32.1% of the time across 209 tracked wins.

32.1 \%

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.