Commander

Zada, Hedron Grinder

Global commander stats

All Red commanders Featured in Goblin Storm

990 Wins

1668 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Zada, Hedron Grinder is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,674 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (990–1668) at an Elo of 1,580, ranking #734 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 685 damage dealt and 0.88 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zada, Hedron Grinder's win rate?

Zada, Hedron Grinder has a 37% win rate across 2674 recorded Playgroup games (990 wins, 1668 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?

1,275 decks list Zada, Hedron Grinder as their commander on Playgroup, of which 752 have played at least one recorded game.

Zada, Hedron Grinder Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

734

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1580

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 685

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.88

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1275

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 752

No. games played with this commander 2674

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, 67.98% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

67.98%

Non Combat Damage

18.54%

Combo

7.16%

Commander Damage

3.93%

Alternative

1.97%

Poison

0.28%

Mill

0.14%

Avg win turn 7.0 based on 1004 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.

+4.6 pp

Top card: Goblin Chieftain

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Goblin Chieftain 167 games	+4.6 pp	167
2	Den of the Bugbear 175 games	+4.6 pp	175
3	Howlsquad Heavy 173 games	+4.1 pp	173
4	Kher Keep 230 games	+2.7 pp	230
5	Castle Embereth 181 games	+2.1 pp	181
6	Mana Geyser 209 games	+1.8 pp	209
7	Witch's Mark 260 games	+1.7 pp	260
8	War Room 179 games	+1.3 pp	179
9	Sol Ring 296 games	+1.1 pp	296
10	General Kreat, the Boltbringer 189 games	+1.0 pp	189

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Arena of Glory 191 games	+0.2 pp	191
12	Forgotten Cave 179 games	+0.1 pp	179
13	Searslicer Goblin 186 games	+0.1 pp	186

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 44.43% of games from position 1 and 29.27% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.43% n=799

Seat 2

36.83% n=725

Seat 3

31.68% n=625

Seat 4

29.89% n=358

Seat 5

29.27% n=41

Seat 6

40.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zada, Hedron Grinder wins 38.41% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

38.41% n=1096

1 mulligan

37.37% n=471

2 mulligans

26.35% n=167

3 mulligans

33.33% n=42

4 mulligans

35.71% n=14

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 1834 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zada, Hedron Grinder wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 1007 tracked wins.

68.8 \%

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.