Commander

Zedruu the Greathearted

Global commander stats

All Jeskai commanders

626 Wins

2247 Losses

Overview

Summary

Zedruu the Greathearted is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,898 recorded Playgroup games, winning 21% of them (626–2247) at an Elo of 1,470, ranking #4486 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 885034 damage dealt and 0.33 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 8 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Zedruu the Greathearted's win rate?

Zedruu the Greathearted has a 21% win rate across 2898 recorded Playgroup games (626 wins, 2247 losses).

How long do winning games with Zedruu the Greathearted take?

Wins with Zedruu the Greathearted take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Zedruu the Greathearted?

1,038 decks list Zedruu the Greathearted as their commander on Playgroup, of which 590 have played at least one recorded game.

Zedruu the Greathearted Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4486

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1470

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 885034

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.33

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1038

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 590

No. games played with this commander 2898

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1646	JPOG	25	12	48 %
2	1558	Cannyx \| Jannis	19	7	37 %
3	1541	try4ce	32	7	22 %
4	1536	Spollux666	1	1	100 %
5	1535	owenator	2	1	75 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Zedruu the Greathearted wins, 45.28% of wins come via alternative across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Alternative

45.28%

Combat

26.42%

Non Combat Damage

16.35%

Combo

7.97%

Mill

2.31%

Commander Damage

1.47%

Poison

0.21%

Avg win turn 10.7 based on 643 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Zedruu the Greathearted

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

+1.8 pp

Top card: Talisman of Conviction

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Talisman of Conviction 170 games	+1.8 pp	170
2	Statecraft 342 games	+1.7 pp	342
3	Talisman of Progress 166 games	+1.5 pp	166
4	Chaos Warp 242 games	+1.0 pp	242
5	Bucknard's Everfull Purse 286 games	+0.5 pp	286
6	Delaying Shield Signature build 67 games · Signature build	+0.5 pp	67
7	Fractured Identity 233 games	+0.2 pp	233

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?

Zedruu the Greathearted wins 33.33% of games from position 6 and 12.2% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

27.79% n=797

Seat 2

21.11% n=777

Seat 3

21.07% n=681

Seat 4

16.53% n=487

Seat 5

12.2% n=82

Seat 6

33.33% n=3

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Zedruu the Greathearted wins 21.75% after 0 mulligans and 14.29% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

21.75% n=1216

1 mulligan

22.8% n=443

2 mulligans

22.64% n=159

3 mulligans

23.33% n=30

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

14.29% n=7

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Zedruu the Greathearted 3.68/5 on average, across 2033 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Zedruu the Greathearted wins, opponents flag the game as salty 41.4% of the time across 647 tracked wins.

41.4 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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