Commander

Zur, Eternal Schemer

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

389 Wins

940 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Zur, Eternal Schemer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,330 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (389–940) at an Elo of 1,612, ranking #422 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.5 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zur, Eternal Schemer's win rate?

Zur, Eternal Schemer has a 29% win rate across 1330 recorded Playgroup games (389 wins, 940 losses).

How long do winning games with Zur, Eternal Schemer take?

Wins with Zur, Eternal Schemer take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 17 days.

How many decks use Zur, Eternal Schemer?

480 decks list Zur, Eternal Schemer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 287 have played at least one recorded game.

Zur, Eternal Schemer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

422

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1612

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.5

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 480

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 287

No. games played with this commander 1330

Total hours played 17 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1653	Kyrmaal	10	8	80 %
2	1612	Aldirix	22	10	45 %
3	1601	ThaReusski	27	11	41 %
4	1555	CRsoloT	11	4	36 %
5	1537	Zyphon	10	4	40 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zur, Eternal Schemer wins, 65.73% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

65.73%

Alternative

12.5%

Non Combat Damage

10.48%

Combo

5.65%

Commander Damage

5.65%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 391 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Zur, Eternal Schemer

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

+13.2 pp

Top card: Doomwake Giant

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Doomwake Giant 108 games	+13.2 pp	108
2	Black Market Connections 107 games	+6.4 pp	107
3	Demon of Fate's Design 108 games	+6.1 pp	108
4	Invasion of Theros // Ephara, Ever-Sheltering 107 games	+3.5 pp	107
5	Nykthos Paragon Signature build 85 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	85

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?

Zur, Eternal Schemer wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 19.76% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.27% n=381

Seat 2

28.78% n=344

Seat 3

26.17% n=321

Seat 4

19.76% n=167

Seat 5

21.74% n=23

Seat 6

50.0% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zur, Eternal Schemer wins 29.06% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.06% n=554

1 mulligan

29.23% n=195

2 mulligans

26.15% n=65

3 mulligans

25.0% n=20

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zur, Eternal Schemer 3.57/5 on average, across 840 self-reports.

3.57 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zur, Eternal Schemer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 58.2% of the time across 392 tracked wins.

58.2 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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