Commander

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Global commander stats

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2319 Wins

5360 Losses

Overview

Summary

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,769 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (2319–5360) at an Elo of 1,512, ranking #1865 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 71914 damage dealt and 0.64 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir's win rate?

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir has a 29% win rate across 7769 recorded Playgroup games (2319 wins, 5360 losses).

How long do winning games with Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir take?

Wins with Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir?

2,451 decks list Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,447 have played at least one recorded game.

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1865

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1512

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 71914

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.64

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 2451

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1447

No. games played with this commander 7769

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1703	Kempiano	41	23	56 %
2	1676	Thiago Trein de Borba	25	14	56 %
3	1642	Kalvin	17	12	71 %
4	1630	TrueConvictionMTG	13	7	54 %
5	1591	Wilcore	19	10	53 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir wins, 75.49% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.49%

Commander Damage

13.52%

Non Combat Damage

5.56%

Alternative

3.49%

Combo

1.62%

Mill

0.32%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 2380 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir decks that leave them out.

+11.1 pp

Top card: Knight Exemplar

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Knight Exemplar 981 games	+11.1 pp	981
2	True Conviction 144 games	+11.0 pp	144
3	Herald of Hoofbeats 963 games	+9.7 pp	963
4	Azorius Signet 258 games	+5.0 pp	258
5	Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light 375 games	+3.9 pp	375
6	Flare of Fortitude 129 games	+3.1 pp	129
7	Kindred Dominance 136 games	+3.1 pp	136
8	Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty 409 games	+3.1 pp	409
9	Teferi's Ageless Insight 427 games	+2.2 pp	427
10	Dovin's Veto 327 games	+2.2 pp	327

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 863 games	+2.0 pp	863
12	Banner of Kinship Signature build 65 games · Signature build	+1.9 pp	65
13	Fell the Mighty 185 games	+1.6 pp	185
14	Herald's Horn 686 games	+1.6 pp	686
15	Counterspell 393 games	+1.5 pp	393

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?

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir wins 40.0% of games from position 6 and 21.35% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.56% n=2234

Seat 2

31.25% n=2288

Seat 3

24.2% n=1711

Seat 4

21.35% n=1096

Seat 5

24.83% n=147

Seat 6

40.0% n=15

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir wins 29.52% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.52% n=3581

1 mulligan

31.99% n=1105

2 mulligans

25.89% n=367

3 mulligans

22.11% n=95

4 mulligans

28.57% n=21

5 mulligans

25.0% n=8

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir 3.68/5 on average, across 5189 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.7% of the time across 2385 tracked wins.

33.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.