Commander

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders

288 Wins

686 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 981 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (288–686) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #1000 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 13 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zurgo, Thunder's Decree's win rate?

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree has a 29% win rate across 981 recorded Playgroup games (288 wins, 686 losses).

How long do winning games with Zurgo, Thunder's Decree take?

Wins with Zurgo, Thunder's Decree take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Zurgo, Thunder's Decree?

357 decks list Zurgo, Thunder's Decree as their commander on Playgroup, of which 241 have played at least one recorded game.

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1000

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1559

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 357

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 241

No. games played with this commander 981

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1526	Jathom	4	2	50 %
2	1522	Cptn	3	1	33 %
3	1517	Daniel	9	3	33 %
4	1513	Sander	2	1	50 %
5	1511	Joshua	2	1	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zurgo, Thunder's Decree wins, 76.53% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

76.53%

Non Combat Damage

17.35%

Commander Damage

3.57%

Alternative

2.04%

Combo

0.51%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 300 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree wins 43.36% of games from position 1 and 14.81% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.36% n=301

Seat 2

28.57% n=294

Seat 3

20.63% n=252

Seat 4

19.85% n=136

Seat 5

14.81% n=27

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zurgo, Thunder's Decree wins 28.65% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.65% n=281

1 mulligan

31.79% n=151

2 mulligans

25.53% n=47

3 mulligans

25.0% n=16

4 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zurgo, Thunder's Decree 3.77/5 on average, across 662 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zurgo, Thunder's Decree wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.0% of the time across 300 tracked wins.

35.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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