Commander

Zur, Eternal Schemer

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

448 Wins

1068 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zur, Eternal Schemer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,530 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (448–1068) at an Elo of 1,573, ranking #851 globally.

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

Last full refresh 10 Nov 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 1530 recorded Playgroup games (448 wins, 1068 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: 7 months.

How many decks use Zur, Eternal Schemer?

537 decks list Zur, Eternal Schemer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 332 have played at least one recorded game.

Zur, Eternal Schemer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

851

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1573

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 22 minutes

No. decks for this commander 537

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 332

No. games played with this commander 1530

Total hours played 7 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1637	Kyrmaal	11	8	73 %
2	1637	Aldirix	23	11	48 %
3	1586	ThaReusski	29	11	38 %
4	1564	Darno	12	6	50 %
5	1555	CRsoloT	11	4	36 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zur, Eternal Schemer wins, 65.17% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

65.17%

Alternative

12.41%

Non Combat Damage

11.03%

Combo

6.21%

Commander Damage

5.17%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 441 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.

+11.6 pp

Top card: Doomwake Giant

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Doomwake Giant 182 games	+11.6 pp	182
2	Duelist's Heritage 55 games	+10.9 pp	55
3	Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale 79 games	+8.5 pp	79
4	One with the Multiverse 81 games	+7.6 pp	81
5	Demon of Fate's Design 181 games	+7.5 pp	181
6	Black Market Connections 175 games	+6.9 pp	175
7	Omniscience 77 games	+6.8 pp	77
8	Estrid's Invocation 132 games	+6.7 pp	132
9	Court of Vantress 127 games	+6.5 pp	127
10	Nine Lives 58 games	+5.3 pp	58

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Mystic Reflection 58 games	+5.3 pp	58
12	Lich's Mastery 58 games	+5.3 pp	58
13	The Trickster-God's Heist 58 games	+5.3 pp	58
14	Aetherflux Reservoir 60 games	+5.3 pp	60
15	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 106 games	+5.1 pp	106

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 20.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.65% n=446

Seat 2

29.41% n=408

Seat 3

26.04% n=359

Seat 4

20.1% n=194

Seat 5

20.0% n=25

Seat 6

50.0% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zur, Eternal Schemer wins 28.56% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.56% n=590

1 mulligan

28.83% n=222

2 mulligans

24.0% n=75

3 mulligans

26.92% n=26

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

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 3.58/5 on average, across 939 self-reports.

3.58 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zur, Eternal Schemer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.9% of the time across 451 tracked wins.

33.9 \%

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.