Commander

Zada, Hedron Grinder

Global commander stats

All Red commanders Featured in Goblin Storm

927 Wins

1577 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Zada, Hedron Grinder is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,511 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (927–1577) at an Elo of 1,615, ranking #423 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 731 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 2511 recorded Playgroup games (927 wins, 1577 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 1 month.

How many decks use Zada, Hedron Grinder?

1,157 decks list Zada, Hedron Grinder as their commander on Playgroup, of which 698 have played at least one recorded game.

Zada, Hedron Grinder Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

423

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1615

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 731

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.89

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1157

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 698

No. games played with this commander 2511

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1634	_HaP	8	6	75 %
2	1623	jshill103	13	7	54 %
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, 69.29% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

69.29%

Non Combat Damage

17.55%

Combo

6.81%

Commander Damage

4.08%

Alternative

1.82%

Poison

0.3%

Mill

0.15%

Avg win turn 7.0 based on 938 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.

+3.2 pp

Top card: Goblin Chieftain

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Goblin Chieftain 134 games	+3.2 pp	134
2	Den of the Bugbear 145 games	+2.7 pp	145
3	Kher Keep 196 games	+2.6 pp	196
4	Mana Geyser 177 games	+1.9 pp	177
5	Howlsquad Heavy 143 games	+0.7 pp	143

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 50.0% of games from position 6 and 28.36% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.18% n=765

Seat 2

37.0% n=700

Seat 3

31.76% n=595

Seat 4

28.36% n=335

Seat 5

29.27% n=41

Seat 6

50.0% n=4

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zada, Hedron Grinder wins 38.57% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.57% n=1032

1 mulligan

36.87% n=434

2 mulligans

25.17% n=151

3 mulligans

32.5% n=40

4 mulligans

30.77% n=13

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zada, Hedron Grinder 3.72/5 on average, across 1724 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zada, Hedron Grinder wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.7% of the time across 940 tracked wins.

67.7 \%

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.