Commander

Zaxara, the Exemplary

Global commander stats

All Sultai commanders

1505 Wins

3569 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zaxara, the Exemplary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,091 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1505–3569) at an Elo of 1,494, ranking #3391 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1776401 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zaxara, the Exemplary's win rate?

Zaxara, the Exemplary has a 29% win rate across 5091 recorded Playgroup games (1505 wins, 3569 losses).

How long do winning games with Zaxara, the Exemplary take?

Wins with Zaxara, the Exemplary take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use Zaxara, the Exemplary?

1,722 decks list Zaxara, the Exemplary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 890 have played at least one recorded game.

Zaxara, the Exemplary Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3391

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1494

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1776401

Average commander damage per game 14

Average poison counters given per game 7

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1722

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 890

No. games played with this commander 5091

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1702	Arak	15	11	73 %
2	1671	Phay	13	8	62 %
3	1666	ducktective	31	15	48 %
4	1629	Federico Rebiscini	15	8	53 %
5	1601	M0XI	5	4	80 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, 62.46% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

62.46%

Non Combat Damage

14.36%

Combo

10.47%

Alternative

8.56%

Commander Damage

2.68%

Mill

1.12%

Poison

0.35%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1538 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Zaxara, the Exemplary

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

+11.5 pp

Top card: Sakura-Tribe Elder

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Sakura-Tribe Elder 117 games	+11.5 pp	117
2	Bloom Tender 180 games	+6.2 pp	180
3	Kruphix, God of Horizons 90 games	+5.8 pp	90
4	Cyclonic Rift 256 games	+4.8 pp	256
5	Overgrown Tomb 461 games	+3.4 pp	461
6	Thassa's Intervention 293 games	+2.7 pp	293
7	Freed from the Real 282 games	+2.6 pp	282
8	Castle Garenbrig 131 games	+2.1 pp	131
9	Seedborn Muse 167 games	+1.8 pp	167
10	Counterspell 254 games	+1.3 pp	254

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Lightning Greaves 323 games	+1.2 pp	323
12	Rhystic Study Signature build 146 games · Signature build	+1.2 pp	146
13	Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary Signature build 116 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	116
14	Black Sun's Zenith 62 games	+0.9 pp	62
15	Fierce Guardianship 229 games	+0.7 pp	229

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?

Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 36.38% of games from position 1 and 13.33% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.38% n=1465

Seat 2

31.03% n=1479

Seat 3

25.65% n=1228

Seat 4

21.98% n=778

Seat 5

20.59% n=102

Seat 6

13.33% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 30.3% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.3% n=2284

1 mulligan

26.71% n=760

2 mulligans

23.3% n=279

3 mulligans

26.44% n=87

4 mulligans

18.18% n=22

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zaxara, the Exemplary 3.62/5 on average, across 3585 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.2% of the time across 1546 tracked wins.

69.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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