Commander

Xira, the Golden Sting

Global commander stats

All Jund commanders

137 Wins

386 Losses

Overview

Summary

Xira, the Golden Sting is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 532 recorded Playgroup games, winning 25% of them (137–386) at an Elo of 1,481, ranking #3873 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 5 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Xira, the Golden Sting's win rate?

Xira, the Golden Sting has a 25% win rate across 532 recorded Playgroup games (137 wins, 386 losses).

How long do winning games with Xira, the Golden Sting take?

Wins with Xira, the Golden Sting take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Xira, the Golden Sting?

221 decks list Xira, the Golden Sting as their commander on Playgroup, of which 123 have played at least one recorded game.

Xira, the Golden Sting Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3873

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1481

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 221

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 123

No. games played with this commander 532

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1577	Smleef	13	8	67 %
2	1575	bunker100	13	5	38 %
3	1546	DraeganDeez	8	2	31 %
4	1542	spaghettie stick	4	2	67 %
5	1536	Gorzak	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Xira, the Golden Sting wins, 49.58% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

49.58%

Non Combat Damage

36.13%

Commander Damage

8.4%

Combo

3.36%

Alternative

2.52%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 139 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Xira, the Golden Sting

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

+25.7 pp

Top card: Viscera Seer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Viscera Seer 80 games	+25.7 pp	80
2	Poison-Tip Archer Signature build 75 games · Signature build	+14.4 pp	75
3	Ignoble Hierarch Signature build 61 games · Signature build	+12.9 pp	61
4	Radiant Performer 89 games	+5.9 pp	89
5	Blood Artist 82 games	+3.1 pp	82
6	Path of Ancestry 78 games	+2.4 pp	78
7	Zulaport Cutthroat Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	63
8	Sakura-Tribe Elder 68 games	+0.1 pp	68

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?

Xira, the Golden Sting wins 32.81% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.81% n=160

Seat 2

25.52% n=145

Seat 3

22.66% n=128

Seat 4

23.17% n=82

Seat 5

12.5% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xira, the Golden Sting wins 28.1% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.1% n=242

1 mulligan

26.53% n=98

2 mulligans

20.69% n=29

3 mulligans

25.0% n=8

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Xira, the Golden Sting 3.83/5 on average, across 428 self-reports.

3.83 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xira, the Golden Sting wins, opponents flag the game as salty 86.7% of the time across 143 tracked wins.

86.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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