Zaxara, the Exemplary

Global Commander Stats

All Sultai commanders

1371 Wins

3238 Losses

Summary

Zaxara, the Exemplary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,609 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1371–3238) at an Elo of 1,550, ranking #1070 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1970465 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 24 Jun 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 4609 recorded Playgroup games (1371 wins, 3238 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: about 1 month.

How many decks use Zaxara, the Exemplary?

1,517 decks list Zaxara, the Exemplary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 786 have played at least one recorded game.

Zaxara, the Exemplary Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1070

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1550

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 1970465

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1517

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 786

No. games played with this commander 4609

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1699	Arak	13	10	77 %
2	1671	Phay	13	8	62 %
3	1647	ducktective	30	14	47 %
4	1629	Federico Rebiscini	15	8	53 %
5	1602	DCW3	37	14	38 %

How does this commander win?

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, 62.93% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

62.93%

Non Combat Damage

13.69%

Combo

10.84%

Alternative

8.27%

Commander Damage

2.85%

Mill

1.14%

Poison

0.29%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1410 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 36.99% of games from position 1 and 15.38% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.99% n=1330

Seat 2

30.74% n=1337

Seat 3

25.94% n=1118

Seat 4

22.38% n=715

Seat 5

23.86% n=88

Seat 6

15.38% n=13

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 30.38% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.38% n=2146

1 mulligan

27.49% n=662

2 mulligans

23.72% n=253

3 mulligans

27.4% n=73

4 mulligans

15.79% n=19

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zaxara, the Exemplary 3.61/5 on average, across 3272 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 1410 tracked wins.

69.0 \%

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.