Zaxara, the Exemplary

Global Commander Stats

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1404 Wins

3311 Losses

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Summary

Zaxara, the Exemplary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,718 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (1404–3311) at an Elo of 1,372, ranking #4261 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1932286 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 4718 recorded Playgroup games (1404 wins, 3311 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?

1,565 decks list Zaxara, the Exemplary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 823 have played at least one recorded game.

Zaxara, the Exemplary Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

4261

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1372

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 1932286

Average commander damage per game 15

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1565

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 823

No. games played with this commander 4718

Total hours played 3 months

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	1601	Allisterfinn	9	6	67 %

How does this commander win?

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, 62.63% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

62.63%

Non Combat Damage

13.79%

Combo

10.81%

Alternative

8.48%

Commander Damage

2.8%

Mill

1.21%

Poison

0.28%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1445 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 36.91% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.91% n=1360

Seat 2

30.97% n=1366

Seat 3

25.92% n=1138

Seat 4

22.4% n=732

Seat 5

22.83% n=92

Seat 6

14.29% n=14

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 30.54% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

30.54% n=2184

1 mulligan

27.68% n=690

2 mulligans

23.64% n=258

3 mulligans

27.27% n=77

4 mulligans

15.0% n=20

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 3348 self-reports.

3.61 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 1441 tracked wins.

68.8 \%

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.