Xira, the Golden Sting

Global Commander Stats

All Jund commanders

118 Wins

322 Losses

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Summary

Xira, the Golden Sting is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 440 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (118–322) at an Elo of 1,538, ranking #1252 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 19 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Xira, the Golden Sting has a 26% win rate across 440 recorded Playgroup games (118 wins, 322 losses).

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

Wins with Xira, the Golden Sting take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 6 days.

How many decks use Xira, the Golden Sting?

186 decks list Xira, the Golden Sting as their commander on Playgroup, of which 97 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1252

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1538

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 186

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 97

No. games played with this commander 440

Total hours played 6 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1577	Smleef	13	8	67 %
2	1575	bunker100	13	5	38 %
3	1536	Gorzak	1	1	100 %
4	1536	Wh1stl3r	1	1	100 %
5	1500	StengelS	1	0	0 %

How does this commander win?

When Xira, the Golden Sting wins, 48.57% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

48.57%

Non Combat Damage

39.05%

Commander Damage

7.62%

Combo

2.86%

Alternative

1.9%

Avg win turn 9.6 based on 123 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Xira, the Golden Sting wins 32.28% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.28% n=127

Seat 2

28.57% n=119

Seat 3

24.14% n=116

Seat 4

24.66% n=73

Seat 5

12.5% n=8

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xira, the Golden Sting wins 28.31% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.31% n=219

1 mulligan

26.51% n=83

2 mulligans

21.74% n=23

3 mulligans

20.0% n=5

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Xira, the Golden Sting 3.78/5 on average, across 383 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xira, the Golden Sting wins, opponents flag the game as salty 87.8% of the time across 123 tracked wins.

87.8 \%

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.