Commander

Ozai, the Phoenix King

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

385 Wins

776 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ozai, the Phoenix King is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,208 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (385–776) at an Elo of 1,642, ranking #266 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Ozai, the Phoenix King has a 31% win rate across 1208 recorded Playgroup games (385 wins, 776 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: 12 days.

How many decks use Ozai, the Phoenix King?

371 decks list Ozai, the Phoenix King as their commander on Playgroup, of which 273 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

266

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1642

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.75

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 371

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 273

No. games played with this commander 1208

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1604	Morbiss	8	5	63 %
2	1590	Yinscholar	71	24	34 %
3	1549	Gittarackur	4	3	75 %
4	1547	Vilse	4	2	50 %
5	1546	Mafooshu	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ozai, the Phoenix King wins, 43.51% of wins come via commander damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Commander Damage

43.51%

Combat

30.88%

Non Combat Damage

21.05%

Alternative

2.11%

Combo

1.75%

Poison

0.35%

Mill

0.35%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 383 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ozai, the Phoenix King

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

+5.7 pp

Top card: Arcane Signet

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Arcane Signet 237 games	+5.7 pp	237
2	Leyline Tyrant 212 games	+5.7 pp	212
3	Aggravated Assault 220 games	+1.4 pp	220
4	Emergence Zone Signature build 43 games · Signature build	+0.1 pp	43

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?

Ozai, the Phoenix King wins 35.2% of games from position 2 and 24.07% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.82% n=374

Seat 2

35.2% n=348

Seat 3

30.12% n=259

Seat 4

25.27% n=186

Seat 5

24.07% n=27

Seat 6

33.33% n=6

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ozai, the Phoenix King wins 34.08% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.08% n=358

1 mulligan

30.15% n=262

2 mulligans

28.87% n=71

3 mulligans

43.75% n=16

4 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

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 809 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ozai, the Phoenix King wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.7% of the time across 390 tracked wins.

36.7 \%

Head to head

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.