Zaffai, Thunder Conductor

Global Commander Stats

198 Wins

373 Losses

Summary

Zaffai, Thunder Conductor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 571 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (198–373) at an Elo of 1,619, ranking #360 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 9 damage dealt and 0.77 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zaffai, Thunder Conductor's win rate?

Zaffai, Thunder Conductor has a 34% win rate across 571 recorded Playgroup games (198 wins, 373 losses).

How long do winning games with Zaffai, Thunder Conductor take?

Wins with Zaffai, Thunder Conductor take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Zaffai, Thunder Conductor?

253 decks list Zaffai, Thunder Conductor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 157 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

360

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1619

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 9

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.77

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 253

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 157

No. games played with this commander 571

Total hours played 8 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1557	Data Priest	2	2	100 %
2	1544	Ryan	1	1	100 %
3	1540	Davisx3m	20	8	40 %
4	1521	stab388	1	1	100 %
5	1505	Bojangles	6	3	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Zaffai, Thunder Conductor wins, 43.85% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

43.85%

Non Combat Damage

31.54%

Combo

17.69%

Alternative

4.62%

Commander Damage

1.54%

Poison

0.77%

Avg win turn 9.3 based on 202 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Zaffai, Thunder Conductor wins 40.82% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.82% n=147

Seat 2

34.86% n=175

Seat 3

26.32% n=133

Seat 4

32.39% n=71

Seat 5

12.5% n=16

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zaffai, Thunder Conductor wins 33.8% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.8% n=216

1 mulligan

40.4% n=99

2 mulligans

23.33% n=30

3 mulligans

33.33% n=9

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zaffai, Thunder Conductor 3.77/5 on average, across 395 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zaffai, Thunder Conductor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.9% of the time across 202 tracked wins.

63.9 \%

Best and worst matchups

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