Commander

Sai, Master Thopterist

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks

275 Wins

498 Losses

Overview

Summary

Sai, Master Thopterist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 808 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (275–498) at an Elo of 1,546, ranking #1200 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 15 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sai, Master Thopterist's win rate?

Sai, Master Thopterist has a 34% win rate across 808 recorded Playgroup games (275 wins, 498 losses).

How long do winning games with Sai, Master Thopterist take?

Wins with Sai, Master Thopterist take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 10 days.

How many decks use Sai, Master Thopterist?

433 decks list Sai, Master Thopterist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 244 have played at least one recorded game.

Sai, Master Thopterist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1200

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1546

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 15

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 433

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 244

No. games played with this commander 808

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1657	nviccione	21	13	62 %
2	1573	JAEBIN	4	3	75 %
3	1566	Luis Rodrigues	7	3	43 %
4	1548	ObidO	1	1	100 %
5	1548	Gorolx	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sai, Master Thopterist wins, 75.96% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.96%

Combo

8.65%

Non Combat Damage

6.25%

Alternative

5.77%

Commander Damage

2.88%

Poison

0.48%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 282 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Sai, Master Thopterist wins 46.42% of games from position 1 and 25.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.42% n=265

Seat 2

30.07% n=271

Seat 3

29.35% n=155

Seat 4

25.51% n=98

Seat 5

25.0% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sai, Master Thopterist wins 31.98% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.98% n=333

1 mulligan

41.67% n=108

2 mulligans

27.03% n=37

3 mulligans

40.0% n=10

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sai, Master Thopterist 3.79/5 on average, across 552 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sai, Master Thopterist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 77.0% of the time across 283 tracked wins.

77.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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