Commander

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Global commander stats {W} {U} {B} All Esper commanders
Win Rate 30%
763 Wins
1725 Losses
Overview

Summary

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,530 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (7631725) at an Elo of 1,499, ranking #3358 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.65 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 30% win rate across 2530 recorded Playgroup games (763 wins, 1725 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: 30 days.
How many decks use Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima?
767 decks list Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima as their commander on Playgroup, of which 496 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3358
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1499
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 6
Average poison counters given per game 4455364
Average kills per game 0.65
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 767
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 496
No. games played with this commander 2530
Total hours played 30 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1546 alexios 4 3
2 1541 TrueConvictionMTG 9 4
3 1541 trashpanda_crafting 2 1
4 1536 Gaelthestrange 1 1
5 1536 Artejax 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins, 47.25% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
47.25%
Commander Damage
32.75%
Alternative
7.65%
Poison
5.88%
Non Combat Damage
4.12%
Combo
1.96%
Mill
0.39%
Avg win turn 8.8 based on 773 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.

+3.8 pp
Top card: Sram, Senior Edificer
# Card Lift
1
Sram, Senior Edificer
Sram, Senior Edificer 41 games
+3.8 pp
2
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet 440 games
+3.5 pp
3
Cyclonic Rift
Cyclonic Rift 232 games
+3.4 pp
4
Island
Island 432 games
+3.4 pp
5
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog 148 games
+1.7 pp
6
Summon: Primal Odin
Summon: Primal Odin 191 games
+0.8 pp
7
Plains
Plains 437 games
+0.0 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 40.35% of games from position 1 and 11.32% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
40.35% n=736
2
Seat 2
30.74% n=701
3
Seat 3
27.7% n=612
4
Seat 4
18.17% n=421
5
Seat 5
11.32% n=53
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=8
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins 28.82% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
28.82% n=668
1
1 mulligan
27.68% n=466
2
2 mulligans
24.39% n=164
3
3 mulligans
15.38% n=39
4
4 mulligans
5.56% n=18
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima 3.78/5 on average, across 1540 self-reports.

3.78 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.6% of the time across 774 tracked wins.

63.6 \%
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

Tom Bombadil commander art
Tom Bombadil 11 games
54.55%
Kratos, Stoic Father commander art
51.72%
Chulane, Teller of Tales commander art
50.0%
Omo, Queen of Vesuva commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Meren of Clan Nel Toth commander art
0.0%
Baylen, the Haymaker commander art
0.0%
Knuckles the Echidna commander art
5.0%