Commander

Zur the Enchanter

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders

985 Wins

1922 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zur the Enchanter is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,936 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (985–1922) at an Elo of 1,590, ranking #664 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zur the Enchanter's win rate?

Zur the Enchanter has a 33% win rate across 2936 recorded Playgroup games (985 wins, 1922 losses).

How long do winning games with Zur the Enchanter take?

Wins with Zur the Enchanter take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Zur the Enchanter?

1,232 decks list Zur the Enchanter as their commander on Playgroup, of which 630 have played at least one recorded game.

Zur the Enchanter Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

664

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1590

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 208

Average poison counters given per game 872

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1232

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 630

No. games played with this commander 2936

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1719	WaffleHome	94	49	56 %
2	1684	Dan Ros	30	14	47 %
3	1653	swank540	68	24	35 %
4	1616	Skullblade	15	13	87 %
5	1563	sicksadworlddd	9	6	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zur the Enchanter wins, 36.22% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

36.22%

Combat

18.89%

Combo

14.2%

Alternative

12.93%

Non Combat Damage

9.94%

Poison

4.83%

Mill

2.98%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 1004 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Zur the Enchanter

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

+11.7 pp

Top card: Kor Spiritdancer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Kor Spiritdancer Signature build 41 games · Signature build	+11.7 pp	41
2	Sram, Senior Edificer 42 games	+7.9 pp	42
3	Open the Armory 41 games	+3.3 pp	41
4	Arcane Sanctum 331 games	+2.8 pp	331
5	Hallowed Fountain 460 games	+2.1 pp	460
6	Energy Flux 69 games	+1.2 pp	69
7	Godless Shrine 442 games	+1.0 pp	442
8	Vault of Champions 300 games	+0.3 pp	300
9	Morphic Pool 303 games	+0.2 pp	303
10	Greater Auramancy 346 games	+0.2 pp	346

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 the Enchanter wins 41.85% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.85% n=853

Seat 2

34.22% n=849

Seat 3

30.68% n=665

Seat 4

23.37% n=415

Seat 5

26.09% n=46

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zur the Enchanter wins 35.0% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.0% n=1237

1 mulligan

33.44% n=459

2 mulligans

31.63% n=196

3 mulligans

32.0% n=50

4 mulligans

15.79% n=19

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zur the Enchanter 3.75/5 on average, across 1829 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zur the Enchanter wins, opponents flag the game as salty 34.9% of the time across 1015 tracked wins.

34.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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