Commander

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

2076 Wins

5728 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,812 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (2076–5728) at an Elo of 1,463, ranking #3807 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Nekusar, the Mindrazer's win rate?

Nekusar, the Mindrazer has a 26% win rate across 7812 recorded Playgroup games (2076 wins, 5728 losses).

How long do winning games with Nekusar, the Mindrazer take?

Wins with Nekusar, the Mindrazer take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Nekusar, the Mindrazer?

2,475 decks list Nekusar, the Mindrazer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,305 have played at least one recorded game.

Nekusar, the Mindrazer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3807

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1463

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2475

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1305

No. games played with this commander 7812

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1603	papa_phunk	82	26	33 %
2	1590	j4man98	14	8	57 %
3	1577	Mrfordyyy	3	2	67 %
4	1573	awkseaturtle	10	8	80 %
5	1568	ItsWeasel	76	26	34 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins, 71.28% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

71.28%

Combo

8.77%

Combat

7.13%

Alternative

6.79%

Poison

3.5%

Mill

1.51%

Commander Damage

1.03%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 2120 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Nekusar, the Mindrazer

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

+10.3 pp

Top card: Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway Signature build 76 games · Signature build	+10.3 pp	76
2	Ancient Tomb 116 games	+7.9 pp	116
3	Toxic Deluge 215 games	+5.8 pp	215
4	Deadly Rollick 200 games	+5.7 pp	200
5	Undercity Sewers Signature build 91 games · Signature build	+5.2 pp	91
6	Krang, the All-Powerful Signature build 68 games · Signature build	+5.1 pp	68
7	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 112 games	+4.9 pp	112
8	Pact of Negation 89 games	+4.9 pp	89
9	Scalding Tarn 354 games	+4.6 pp	354
10	Shivan Reef 217 games	+4.3 pp	217

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Withering Torment 100 games	+4.0 pp	100
12	Underworld Breach 106 games	+3.6 pp	106
13	Underground River 270 games	+3.4 pp	270
14	Chromatic Lantern 237 games	+3.3 pp	237
15	Incendiary Command 303 games	+3.3 pp	303

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?

Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 32.59% of games from position 1 and 20.29% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.59% n=2148

Seat 2

28.05% n=2114

Seat 3

23.14% n=1828

Seat 4

20.29% n=1296

Seat 5

23.01% n=226

Seat 6

25.0% n=44

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 25.79% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.79% n=3491

1 mulligan

28.89% n=1163

2 mulligans

25.2% n=373

3 mulligans

24.53% n=106

4 mulligans

22.73% n=22

5 mulligans

0.0% n=6

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Nekusar, the Mindrazer 3.74/5 on average, across 5178 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.9% of the time across 2123 tracked wins.

63.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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