Commander

Sai, Master Thopterist

Global commander stats {U} All Blue commanders Featured in Foundations Commander Decks
Win Rate 32%
414 Wins
777 Losses
Overview

Summary

Sai, Master Thopterist is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,293 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (414–777) at an Elo of 1,684, ranking #91 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 166 damage dealt and 0.52 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sai, Master Thopterist's win rate?
Sai, Master Thopterist has a 32% win rate across 1293 recorded Playgroup games (414 wins, 777 losses).
How long do winning games with Sai, Master Thopterist take?
Wins with Sai, Master Thopterist take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.
How many decks use Sai, Master Thopterist?
820 decks list Sai, Master Thopterist as their commander on Playgroup, of which 488 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
91
Wins by turn (avg.)
10
Elo rating
1684
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 166
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 6
Average kills per game 0.52
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 820
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 488
No. games played with this commander 1293
Total hours played 26 days
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1642 Luis_R90 17 8
2 1590 JAEBIN 10 6
3 1548 ObidO 1 1
4 1548 Gorolx 1 1
5 1547 MeanMrMustard 1 0
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sai, Master Thopterist wins, 76.92% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
76.92%
Non Combat Damage
8.04%
Combo
6.99%
Alternative
5.24%
Commander Damage
2.45%
Poison
0.35%
Avg win turn 9.5 based on 426 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Sai, Master Thopterist

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sai, Master Thopterist decks that leave them out.

+6.4 pp
Top card: Skullclamp

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?

Sai, Master Thopterist wins 39.98% of games from position 1 and 20.32% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.98% n=444
2
Seat 2
33.57% n=423
3
Seat 3
26.16% n=258
4
Seat 4
20.32% n=155
5
Seat 5
26.67% n=15
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sai, Master Thopterist wins 30.42% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.42% n=457
1
1 mulligan
36.93% n=176
2
2 mulligans
19.64% n=56
3
3 mulligans
29.41% n=17
4
4 mulligans
33.33% n=3
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sai, Master Thopterist 3.82/5 on average, across 762 self-reports.

3.82 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Sai, Master Thopterist wins, opponents flag the game as salty 25.1% of the time across 426 tracked wins.

25.1 \%
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.

Top 5 best matchups

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50.0%
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46.15%
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