Commander

Shadow the Hedgehog

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

Summary

Shadow the Hedgehog is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,265 recorded Playgroup games, winning 23% of them (295–944) at an Elo of 1,405, ranking #4827 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 199314 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh
Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shadow the Hedgehog's win rate?
Shadow the Hedgehog has a 23% win rate across 1265 recorded Playgroup games (295 wins, 944 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: 15 days.
How many decks use Shadow the Hedgehog?
454 decks list Shadow the Hedgehog as their commander on Playgroup, of which 297 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
4827
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1405
Trend

Global Elo trend

Loading...
Trend

Commander popularity trend

Loading...
Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 199314
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.5
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 454
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 297
No. games played with this commander 1265
Total hours played 15 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1536 Assassin1211 1 1
2 1536 Zdestroyer25 1 1
3 1524 TheBinaryReaper 1 1
4 1524 Slushy1312 1 1
5 1524 Zhenova 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, 45.5% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
45.5%
Non Combat Damage
29.38%
Alternative
10.43%
Combo
8.06%
Commander Damage
5.21%
Mill
0.95%
Poison
0.47%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 300 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.

+0.9 pp
Top card: Super State
# Card Lift
1
Super State
Super State 46 games
+0.9 pp
2
Vault of Whispers
Vault of Whispers 131 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 27.47% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
27.47% n=395
2
Seat 2
25.07% n=371
3
Seat 3
19.23% n=286
4
Seat 4
18.78% n=189
5
Seat 5
3.33% n=30
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=2
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shadow the Hedgehog wins 19.75% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
19.75% n=367
1
1 mulligan
25.75% n=233
2
2 mulligans
22.09% n=86
3
3 mulligans
18.75% n=32
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 3.54/5 on average, across 739 self-reports.

3.54 / 5
🧂

Opponent salt

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.2% of the time across 301 tracked wins.

36.2 \%
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

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver commander art
50.0%
Rocco, Street Chef commander art
45.45%
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian commander art
44.44%
Toph, the First Metalbender commander art
43.75%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
40.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Marneus Calgar commander art
Marneus Calgar 11 games
0.0%
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm commander art
0.0%
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commander art
0.0%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
0.0%
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch commander art
0.0%