Commander

Sai, Master Thopterist

Global commander stats

All Blue commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks

255 Wins

445 Losses

Overview

Summary

Sai, Master Thopterist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 719 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (255–445) at an Elo of 1,535, ranking #1413 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 16 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sai, Master Thopterist's win rate?

Sai, Master Thopterist has a 35% win rate across 719 recorded Playgroup games (255 wins, 445 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: 9 days.

How many decks use Sai, Master Thopterist?

329 decks list Sai, Master Thopterist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 186 have played at least one recorded game.

Sai, Master Thopterist Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1413

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1535

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 16

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 329

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 186

No. games played with this commander 719

Total hours played 9 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1657	nviccione	21	13	62 %
2	1548	Gorolx	1	1	100 %
3	1548	ObidO	1	1	100 %
4	1539	HeavenlyCali	1	1	100 %
5	1531	Binbag	7	3	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sai, Master Thopterist wins, 75.38% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.38%

Combo

9.23%

Non Combat Damage

6.67%

Alternative

5.64%

Commander Damage

2.56%

Poison

0.51%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 259 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Sai, Master Thopterist wins 48.26% of games from position 1 and 25.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

48.26% n=230

Seat 2

31.22% n=237

Seat 3

30.22% n=139

Seat 4

27.78% n=90

Seat 5

25.0% n=12

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sai, Master Thopterist wins 31.95% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.95% n=313

1 mulligan

43.48% n=92

2 mulligans

27.27% n=33

3 mulligans

44.44% n=9

4 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sai, Master Thopterist 3.77/5 on average, across 510 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sai, Master Thopterist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 76.7% of the time across 257 tracked wins.

76.7 \%

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.