Shadow the Hedgehog

Global Commander Stats

247 Wins

758 Losses

Summary

Shadow the Hedgehog is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,005 recorded Playgroup games, winning 24% of them (247–758) at an Elo of 1,428, ranking #4002 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 13 damage dealt and 0.54 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shadow the Hedgehog's win rate?

Shadow the Hedgehog has a 24% win rate across 1005 recorded Playgroup games (247 wins, 758 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: 12 days.

How many decks use Shadow the Hedgehog?

314 decks list Shadow the Hedgehog as their commander on Playgroup, of which 208 have played at least one recorded game.

Shadow the Hedgehog Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

4002

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1428

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 13

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.54

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 314

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 208

No. games played with this commander 1005

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1539	Jacob Hollowell	7	3	43 %
2	1518	Blemski	8	3	38 %
3	1501	Kalvin	16	7	44 %
4	1452	Patata	6	1	17 %
5	1437	Daniel44000	9	2	22 %

How does this commander win?

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, 44.32% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

44.32%

Non Combat Damage

31.25%

Alternative

10.23%

Combo

7.39%

Commander Damage

5.68%

Mill

1.14%

Avg win turn 8.8 based on 250 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Shadow the Hedgehog wins 28.9% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

28.9% n=308

Seat 2

26.37% n=292

Seat 3

20.0% n=230

Seat 4

18.83% n=154

Seat 5

4.17% n=24

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shadow the Hedgehog wins 21.07% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

21.07% n=299

1 mulligan

27.51% n=189

2 mulligans

20.31% n=64

3 mulligans

20.0% n=20

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shadow the Hedgehog 3.51/5 on average, across 616 self-reports.

3.51 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.2% of the time across 251 tracked wins.

62.2 \%

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.