Commander

Shadow the Hedgehog

Global commander stats {B} {R} All Rakdos commanders
Win Rate 22%
302 Wins
984 Losses
Overview

Summary

Shadow the Hedgehog is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,330 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (302–984) at an Elo of 1,357, ranking #5225 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 191307 damage dealt and 0.49 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 22% win rate across 1330 recorded Playgroup games (302 wins, 984 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: 16 days.
How many decks use Shadow the Hedgehog?
486 decks list Shadow the Hedgehog as their commander on Playgroup, of which 318 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
5225
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1357
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Commander popularity trend

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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 191307
Average commander damage per game 5
Average poison counters given per game 4
Average kills per game 0.49
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 486
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 318
No. games played with this commander 1330
Total hours played 16 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

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

How does this commander win?

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, 45.37% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
45.37%
Non Combat Damage
29.17%
Alternative
10.65%
Combo
8.33%
Commander Damage
5.09%
Mill
0.93%
Poison
0.46%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 307 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.

+7.4 pp
Top card: Bolt Bend
# Card Lift
1
Bolt Bend
Bolt Bend 38 games
+7.4 pp
2
Super State
Super State 54 games
+2.7 pp
3
Bastion of Remembrance
Bastion of Remembrance 37 games
+1.6 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 26.87% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
26.87% n=415
2
Seat 2
24.81% n=391
3
Seat 3
18.33% n=300
4
Seat 4
18.11% n=196
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 19.39% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
19.39% n=379
1
1 mulligan
25.0% n=244
2
2 mulligans
21.59% n=88
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 3.53/5 on average, across 764 self-reports.

3.53 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shadow the Hedgehog wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.7% of the time across 308 tracked wins.

35.7 \%
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%
Captain N'ghathrod commander art
40.0%
Kratos, Stoic Father 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%
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch commander art
0.0%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
0.0%