Commander

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

446 Wins

984 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,433 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (446–984) at an Elo of 1,517, ranking #1782 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.7 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 15 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker's win rate?

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker has a 31% win rate across 1433 recorded Playgroup games (446 wins, 984 losses).

How long do winning games with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker take?

Wins with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 14 days.

How many decks use Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker?

518 decks list Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker as their commander on Playgroup, of which 287 have played at least one recorded game.

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1782

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1517

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.7

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 518

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 287

No. games played with this commander 1433

Total hours played 14 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1589	jahmar57	5	3	60 %
2	1568	shanemanp	2	2	100 %
3	1566	Nanopex	3	2	67 %
4	1550	Elispse	1	1	100 %
5	1547	Aive	4	3	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker wins, 43.33% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

43.33%

Commander Damage

33.7%

Non Combat Damage

7.78%

Alternative

5.93%

Mill

4.44%

Combo

3.33%

Poison

1.48%

Avg win turn 8.5 based on 452 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker decks that leave them out.

+1.4 pp

Top card: Teferi's Protection

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Teferi's Protection Signature build 30 games · Signature build	+1.4 pp		30

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?

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker wins 39.98% of games from position 1 and 12.12% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.98% n=454

Seat 2

32.96% n=405

Seat 3

26.6% n=297

Seat 4

19.51% n=205

Seat 5

12.12% n=33

Seat 6

14.29% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker wins 32.84% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.84% n=574

1 mulligan

31.36% n=220

2 mulligans

31.91% n=94

3 mulligans

38.46% n=26

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker 3.78/5 on average, across 816 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker wins, opponents flag the game as salty 31.4% of the time across 455 tracked wins.

31.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.