Ozai, the Phoenix King

Global Commander Stats

All Rakdos commanders

274 Wins

528 Losses

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Summary

Ozai, the Phoenix King is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 803 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (274–528) at an Elo of 1,631, ranking #315 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.82 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ozai, the Phoenix King's win rate?

Ozai, the Phoenix King has a 34% win rate across 803 recorded Playgroup games (274 wins, 528 losses).

How long do winning games with Ozai, the Phoenix King take?

Wins with Ozai, the Phoenix King take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Ozai, the Phoenix King?

246 decks list Ozai, the Phoenix King as their commander on Playgroup, of which 188 have played at least one recorded game.

Ozai, the Phoenix King Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

315

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1631

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.82

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 246

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 188

No. games played with this commander 803

Total hours played 8 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1604	Morbiss	8	5	63 %
2	1561	Vilse	3	2	67 %
3	1524	Mafooshu	1	1	100 %
4	1513	MilkManProxies	3	2	67 %
5	1511	Raphael Peralez	2	1	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Ozai, the Phoenix King wins, 42.79% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

42.79%

Combat

33.02%

Non Combat Damage

20.47%

Alternative

2.33%

Combo

0.47%

Poison

0.47%

Mill

0.47%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 280 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ozai, the Phoenix King wins 37.82% of games from position 1 and 28.57% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.82% n=238

Seat 2

36.71% n=237

Seat 3

29.05% n=179

Seat 4

29.13% n=127

Seat 5

28.57% n=21

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ozai, the Phoenix King wins 36.64% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.64% n=232

1 mulligan

30.81% n=172

2 mulligans

37.5% n=48

3 mulligans

45.45% n=11

4 mulligans

0.0% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ozai, the Phoenix King 3.77/5 on average, across 617 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ozai, the Phoenix King wins, opponents flag the game as salty 76.8% of the time across 280 tracked wins.

76.8 \%

Best and worst matchups

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