Commander

Zaxara, the Exemplary

Global commander stats {B} {G} {U} All Sultai commanders
Win Rate 29%
1437 Wins
3391 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Zaxara, the Exemplary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 4,832 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (14373391) at an Elo of 1,484, ranking #3412 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 1882883 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zaxara, the Exemplary's win rate?
Zaxara, the Exemplary has a 29% win rate across 4832 recorded Playgroup games (1437 wins, 3391 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?
1,600 decks list Zaxara, the Exemplary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 832 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3412
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1484
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1882883
Average commander damage per game 14
Average poison counters given per game 7
Average kills per game 0.65
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1600
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 832
No. games played with this commander 4832
Total hours played 3 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1702 Arak 15 11
2 1671 Phay 13 8
3 1647 ducktective 30 14
4 1629 Federico Rebiscini 15 8
5 1603 DCW3 40 15
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, 62.36% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
62.36%
Non Combat Damage
14.36%
Combo
10.64%
Alternative
8.45%
Commander Damage
2.73%
Mill
1.18%
Poison
0.27%
Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1478 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.

+9.6 pp
Top card: Sakura-Tribe Elder
Show 4 more (ranks 11-14)
# Card Lift
11
Rhystic Study
Rhystic Study 130 games · Signature build
+1.4 pp
12
Farseek
Farseek 350 games
+1.3 pp
13
Breeding Pool
Breeding Pool 379 games
+0.9 pp
14
Thassa's Intervention
Thassa's Intervention 263 games
+0.8 pp

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 36.78% of games from position 1 and 14.29% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
36.78% n=1384
2
Seat 2
31.27% n=1391
3
Seat 3
25.71% n=1163
4
Seat 4
22.48% n=743
5
Seat 5
22.11% n=95
6
Seat 6
14.29% n=14
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zaxara, the Exemplary wins 30.39% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
30.39% n=2221
1
1 mulligan
27.71% n=711
2
2 mulligans
23.57% n=263
3
3 mulligans
26.58% n=79
4
4 mulligans
15.0% n=20
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=2
6
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 3.61/5 on average, across 3423 self-reports.

3.61 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Zaxara, the Exemplary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.1% of the time across 1478 tracked wins.

69.1 \%
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.

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