Commander

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

121 Wins

333 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 455 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (121–333) at an Elo of 1,458, ranking #4048 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zul Ashur, Lich Lord's win rate?

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord has a 26% win rate across 455 recorded Playgroup games (121 wins, 333 losses).

How long do winning games with Zul Ashur, Lich Lord take?

Wins with Zul Ashur, Lich Lord take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 5 days.

How many decks use Zul Ashur, Lich Lord?

120 decks list Zul Ashur, Lich Lord as their commander on Playgroup, of which 70 have played at least one recorded game.

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4048

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1458

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.55

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 120

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 70

No. games played with this commander 455

Total hours played 5 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1502	SpaceGhostC2C	2	1	50 %
2	1502	PhoenixBWB	3	1	33 %
3	1488	zbtnot	1	0	0 %
4	1488	Shane3779	2	0	0 %
5	1476	Krevin	16	4	25 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zul Ashur, Lich Lord wins, 60.56% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

60.56%

Non Combat Damage

32.39%

Commander Damage

2.82%

Alternative

2.82%

Combo

1.41%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 124 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord wins 37.8% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.8% n=127

Seat 2

26.67% n=165

Seat 3

20.59% n=102

Seat 4

12.5% n=56

Seat 5

12.5% n=8

Seat 6

0.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zul Ashur, Lich Lord wins 21.35% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 3 mulligans.

0 mulligans

21.35% n=192

1 mulligan

28.81% n=59

2 mulligans

27.27% n=11

3 mulligans

0.0% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zul Ashur, Lich Lord 3.86/5 on average, across 354 self-reports.

3.86 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zul Ashur, Lich Lord wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 124 tracked wins.

68.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Zul Ashur, Lich Lord. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.