Commander

Zurgo Stormrender

Global commander stats {R} {W} {B} All Mardu commanders Featured in Tarkir Dragonstorm
Win Rate 31%
2969 Wins
6318 Losses
Overview

Summary

Zurgo Stormrender is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 9,335 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (2969–6318) at an Elo of 1,538, ranking #1349 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 15743 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zurgo Stormrender's win rate?
Zurgo Stormrender has a 31% win rate across 9335 recorded Playgroup games (2969 wins, 6318 losses).
How long do winning games with Zurgo Stormrender take?
Wins with Zurgo Stormrender take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 4 months.
How many decks use Zurgo Stormrender?
2,347 decks list Zurgo Stormrender as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,669 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1349
Wins by turn (avg.)
9
Elo rating
1538
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 15743
Average commander damage per game 3
Average poison counters given per game 2
Average kills per game 0.75
Average turn length 3 minutes
No. decks for this commander 2347
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1669
No. games played with this commander 9335
Total hours played 4 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1702 Hobbes 54 24
2 1696 Diogoelias 21 13
3 1683 Drakorex 8 7
4 1659 El Admin 37 22
5 1620 Gabriel 4 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zurgo Stormrender wins, 58.75% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
58.75%
Non Combat Damage
35.83%
Commander Damage
2.11%
Alternative
1.75%
Combo
1.47%
Mill
0.09%
Avg win turn 8.6 based on 3025 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Zurgo Stormrender

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

+12.0 pp
Top card: Sulfurous Springs
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Path to Exile
Path to Exile 291 games
+6.4 pp
12
Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith 79 games
+6.1 pp
13
Marsh Flats
Marsh Flats 181 games
+5.9 pp
14
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon 415 games
+5.6 pp
15
Cathars' Crusade
Cathars' Crusade 109 games
+5.1 pp

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?

Zurgo Stormrender wins 38.57% of games from position 1 and 24.61% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.57% n=2803
2
Seat 2
32.37% n=2739
3
Seat 3
27.5% n=2273
4
Seat 4
25.57% n=1412
5
Seat 5
24.61% n=191
6
Seat 6
29.41% n=17
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zurgo Stormrender wins 31.83% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
31.83% n=2499
1
1 mulligan
32.5% n=1546
2
2 mulligans
30.67% n=564
3
3 mulligans
30.49% n=164
4
4 mulligans
38.46% n=26
5
5 mulligans
22.22% n=9
6
6 mulligans
50.0% n=2
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zurgo Stormrender 3.76/5 on average, across 6365 self-reports.

3.76 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Zurgo Stormrender wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.1% of the time across 3033 tracked wins.

37.1 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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

Top 5 best matchups

Felix Five-Boots commander art
Felix Five-Boots 10 games
80.0%
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant commander art
66.67%
Athreos, God of Passage commander art
65.0%
Indominus Rex, Alpha commander art
63.64%