Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 26%
1809 Wins
5020 Losses

Summary

Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,829 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (18095020) at an Elo of 1,525, ranking #1396 globally.

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

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Nekusar, the Mindrazer's win rate?

Nekusar, the Mindrazer has a 26% win rate across 6829 recorded Playgroup games (1809 wins, 5020 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: about 2 months.

How many decks use Nekusar, the Mindrazer?

2,208 decks list Nekusar, the Mindrazer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,146 have played at least one recorded game.

Nekusar, the Mindrazer Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
1396
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1525

Global Elo Trend

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Commander Popularity Trend

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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 2208
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1146
No. games played with this commander 6829
Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1573 awkseaturtle 10 8
2 1571 papa_phunk 76 24
3 1570 ItsWeasel 73 25
4 1567 Shiraz 12 5
5 1560 j4man98 13 7

How does this commander win?

When Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins, 70.48% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
70.48%
Combo
9.48%
Alternative
7.36%
Combat
6.26%
Poison
3.84%
Mill
1.57%
Commander Damage
1.02%
Avg win turn 7.8 based on 1847 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 32.39% of games from position 1 and 20.09% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.39% n=1874
2
Seat 2
27.83% n=1836
3
Seat 3
23.36% n=1627
4
Seat 4
20.09% n=1125
5
Seat 5
22.73% n=198
6
Seat 6
23.81% n=42

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 25.54% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.54% n=3152
1
1 mulligan
27.9% n=993
2
2 mulligans
26.69% n=326
3
3 mulligans
21.35% n=89
4
4 mulligans
26.32% n=19
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=6

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 4500 self-reports.

3.74 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.0% of the time across 1848 tracked wins.

64.0 \%

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.

Top 5 best matchups

Kyler, Sigardian Emissary commander art
60.0%
Bruenor Battlehammer commander art
60.0%
Finneas, Ace Archer commander art
60.0%
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Karlach, Fury of Avernus commander art
0.0%
The Gitrog Monster commander art
0.0%
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned commander art
0.0%
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent commander art
0.0%