Commander

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} All Esper commanders
Win Rate 31%
993 Wins
2074 Losses
Overview

Summary

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,188 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (993–2074) at an Elo of 1,543, ranking #1269 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima's win rate?
Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima has a 31% win rate across 3188 recorded Playgroup games (993 wins, 2074 losses).
How long do winning games with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima take?
Wins with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.
How many decks use Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima?
933 decks list Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima as their commander on Playgroup, of which 617 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1269
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1543
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 4051860
Average kills per game 0.6
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 933
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 617
No. games played with this commander 3188
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1623 Shibuuyah 7 5
2 1602 vgnslayer 4 4
3 1596 Pasko89 3 3
4 1590 top 141 69
5 1559 James A 2 2
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins, 48.83% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
48.83%
Commander Damage
32.21%
Alternative
7.05%
Poison
5.2%
Non Combat Damage
4.53%
Combo
1.85%
Mill
0.34%
Avg win turn 8.4 based on 998 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima decks that leave them out.

+4.5 pp
Top card: Arcane Signet
# Card Lift
1
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet 623 games
+4.5 pp
2
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog 229 games
+3.9 pp
3
Cyclonic Rift
Cyclonic Rift 319 games
+3.4 pp
4
Ghostly Flicker
Ghostly Flicker 131 games
+1.3 pp
5
Sram, Senior Edificer
Sram, Senior Edificer 90 games
+1.1 pp
6
Summon: Primal Odin
Summon: Primal Odin 277 games
+0.7 pp
7
Otawara, Soaring City
Otawara, Soaring City 331 games
+0.6 pp
8
Island
Island 616 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?

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins 41.08% of games from position 1 and 13.33% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
41.08% n=975
2
Seat 2
32.52% n=941
3
Seat 3
27.9% n=706
4
Seat 4
18.87% n=485
5
Seat 5
13.33% n=60
6
Seat 6
22.22% n=9
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins 33.22% after 0 mulligans and 37.5% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
33.22% n=864
1
1 mulligan
30.94% n=598
2
2 mulligans
27.12% n=212
3
3 mulligans
15.45% n=55
4
4 mulligans
5.56% n=18
5
5 mulligans
37.5% n=4
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima 3.79/5 on average, across 1729 self-reports.

3.79 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins, opponents flag the game as salty 28.8% of the time across 1004 tracked wins.

28.8 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

High Perfect Morcant commander art
63.64%
Silverquill, the Disputant commander art
63.64%
Tom Bombadil commander art
Tom Bombadil 13 games
61.54%
Kotis, the Fangkeeper commander art
53.85%
Aminatou, Veil Piercer commander art
53.23%

Top 5 worst matchups

Queza, Augur of Agonies commander art
0.0%
The First Sliver commander art
The First Sliver 10 games
0.0%
Meren of Clan Nel Toth commander art
0.0%