Commander

Shadow the Hedgehog

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 23%
287 Wins
900 Losses
Overview

Summary

Shadow the Hedgehog is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,200 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (287900) at an Elo of 1,437, ranking #4485 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 208202 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shadow the Hedgehog's win rate?
Shadow the Hedgehog has a 23% win rate across 1200 recorded Playgroup games (287 wins, 900 losses).
How long do winning games with Shadow the Hedgehog take?
Wins with Shadow the Hedgehog take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.
How many decks use Shadow the Hedgehog?
425 decks list Shadow the Hedgehog as their commander on Playgroup, of which 271 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4485
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1437
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 208202
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.51
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 425
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 271
No. games played with this commander 1200
Total hours played 14 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1536 Zdestroyer25 1 1
2 1536 Assassin1211 1 1
3 1526 Matt Posthuma 2 1
4 1524 Slushy1312 1 1
5 1524 Redacted_E 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, 44.93% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
44.93%
Non Combat Damage
29.95%
Alternative
10.14%
Combo
8.21%
Commander Damage
5.31%
Mill
0.97%
Poison
0.48%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 292 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Shadow the Hedgehog

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

+0.3 pp
Top card: Lotus Petal
# Card Lift
1
Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal 44 games · Signature build
+0.3 pp
2
Super State
Super State 37 games
+0.1 pp

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?

Shadow the Hedgehog wins 28.42% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
28.42% n=366
2
Seat 2
25.85% n=352
3
Seat 3
19.13% n=277
4
Seat 4
19.13% n=183
5
Seat 5
3.45% n=29
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=2
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shadow the Hedgehog wins 19.94% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
19.94% n=356
1
1 mulligan
26.58% n=222
2
2 mulligans
22.5% n=80
3
3 mulligans
19.35% n=31
4
4 mulligans
0.0% n=3
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shadow the Hedgehog 3.53/5 on average, across 717 self-reports.

3.53 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.5% of the time across 293 tracked wins.

65.5 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Rocco, Street Chef commander art
50.0%
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
50.0%
Toph, the First Metalbender commander art
46.67%
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
44.44%
Tom Bombadil commander art
Tom Bombadil 10 games
40.0%

Top 5 worst matchups