Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Global Commander Stats

All Esper commanders

559 Wins

1245 Losses

Summary

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,804 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (559–1245) at an Elo of 1,643, ranking #221 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima's win rate?

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima has a 30% win rate across 1804 recorded Playgroup games (559 wins, 1245 losses).

How long do winning games with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima take?

Wins with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 20 days.

How many decks use Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima?

485 decks list Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima as their commander on Playgroup, of which 327 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

221

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1643

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 485

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 327

No. games played with this commander 1804

Total hours played 20 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1557	Cameron Lau	21	8	38 %
2	1541	TrueConvictionMTG	9	4	44 %
3	1503	SirPMcFartney	19	4	21 %
4	1500	Giuseppe Di Meo	3	0	0 %
5	1489	Arucis	11	2	18 %

How does this commander win?

When Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins, 47.81% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

47.81%

Commander Damage

31.88%

Alternative

8.74%

Poison

5.91%

Non Combat Damage

3.6%

Combo

1.54%

Mill

0.51%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 567 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins 44.02% of games from position 1 and 11.11% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.02% n=518

Seat 2

28.92% n=491

Seat 3

29.24% n=448

Seat 4

17.32% n=306

Seat 5

11.11% n=36

Seat 6

25.0% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins 31.33% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.33% n=450

1 mulligan

26.63% n=323

2 mulligans

25.86% n=116

3 mulligans

7.69% n=26

4 mulligans

9.09% n=11

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

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 1130 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.5% of the time across 567 tracked wins.

60.5 \%

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.