Commander

Zada, Hedron Grinder

Global commander stats

All Red commanders Featured in Goblin Storm

1190 Wins

2038 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zada, Hedron Grinder is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,260 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (1190–2038) at an Elo of 1,543, ranking #1270 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 109945 damage dealt and 0.84 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zada, Hedron Grinder's win rate?

Zada, Hedron Grinder has a 36% win rate across 3260 recorded Playgroup games (1190 wins, 2038 losses).

How long do winning games with Zada, Hedron Grinder take?

Wins with Zada, Hedron Grinder take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Zada, Hedron Grinder?

1,581 decks list Zada, Hedron Grinder as their commander on Playgroup, of which 938 have played at least one recorded game.

Zada, Hedron Grinder Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1270

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1543

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 109945

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.84

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1581

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 938

No. games played with this commander 3260

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1651	jshill103	14	8	57 %
2	1634	_HaP	8	6	75 %
3	1616	Bobba	14	6	43 %
4	1564	Hypermegamuffin	6	3	50 %
5	1564	MeaCulpa	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zada, Hedron Grinder wins, 68.25% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

68.25%

Non Combat Damage

18.31%

Combo

7.37%

Commander Damage

3.8%

Alternative

1.78%

Poison

0.24%

Mill

0.24%

Avg win turn 7.0 based on 1203 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Zada, Hedron Grinder

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Zada, Hedron Grinder decks that leave them out.

+2.1 pp

Top card: Howlsquad Heavy

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Howlsquad Heavy 262 games	+2.1 pp	262
2	Conspicuous Snoop 244 games	+1.4 pp	244
3	Haste Magic 216 games	+1.0 pp	216
4	General Kreat, the Boltbringer 276 games	+0.8 pp	276
5	Goblin Chieftain 265 games	+0.7 pp	265
6	Mana Geyser 318 games	+0.6 pp	318
7	Kher Keep 345 games	+0.3 pp	345
8	Goblin Lackey 241 games	+0.2 pp	241
9	Goblin Trashmaster 242 games	+0.1 pp	242

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?

Zada, Hedron Grinder wins 44.02% of games from position 1 and 23.21% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.02% n=1037

Seat 2

36.0% n=950

Seat 3

31.18% n=744

Seat 4

29.7% n=431

Seat 5

23.21% n=56

Seat 6

40.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zada, Hedron Grinder wins 38.26% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.26% n=1235

1 mulligan

37.17% n=565

2 mulligans

27.23% n=213

3 mulligans

32.69% n=52

4 mulligans

31.25% n=16

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zada, Hedron Grinder 3.73/5 on average, across 2159 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zada, Hedron Grinder wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.5% of the time across 1208 tracked wins.

37.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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