Commander

Zidane, Tantalus Thief

Global commander stats

All Boros commanders

111 Wins

281 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zidane, Tantalus Thief is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 408 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (111–281) at an Elo of 1,450, ranking #4858 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 912134 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zidane, Tantalus Thief's win rate?

Zidane, Tantalus Thief has a 27% win rate across 408 recorded Playgroup games (111 wins, 281 losses).

How long do winning games with Zidane, Tantalus Thief take?

Wins with Zidane, Tantalus Thief take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Zidane, Tantalus Thief?

161 decks list Zidane, Tantalus Thief as their commander on Playgroup, of which 113 have played at least one recorded game.

Zidane, Tantalus Thief Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4858

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1450

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 912134

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.51

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 161

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 113

No. games played with this commander 408

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1528	binaryviking	3	2	67 %
2	1522	SMOGGYxG	2	1	50 %
3	1522	Crosshadow	1	0	50 %
4	1511	Russian Saint	1	1	100 %
5	1500	Zamedin Hoxha	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zidane, Tantalus Thief wins, 68.06% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

68.06%

Non Combat Damage

16.67%

Commander Damage

6.94%

Alternative

5.56%

Combo

2.78%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 109 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Zidane, Tantalus Thief

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

+9.0 pp

Top card: Xorn

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Xorn 54 games	+9.0 pp	54
2	Chaos Warp 40 games	+0.8 pp	40
3	Professional Face-Breaker 45 games	+0.5 pp	45
4	Sacred Foundry 50 games	+0.0 pp	50

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?

Zidane, Tantalus Thief wins 31.82% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.82% n=132

Seat 2

31.42% n=113

Seat 3

21.43% n=84

Seat 4

18.46% n=65

Seat 5

28.57% n=7

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zidane, Tantalus Thief wins 25.74% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.74% n=101

1 mulligan

28.75% n=80

2 mulligans

20.83% n=24

3 mulligans

0.0% n=6

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zidane, Tantalus Thief 3.84/5 on average, across 243 self-reports.

3.84 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zidane, Tantalus Thief wins, opponents flag the game as salty 35.7% of the time across 112 tracked wins.

35.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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