Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Global Commander Stats {U} {B} {R} All Grixis commanders
Win Rate 26%
1981 Wins
5470 Losses

Summary

Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,451 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (19815470) at an Elo of 1,614, ranking #394 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 7451 recorded Playgroup games (1981 wins, 5470 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?
2,351 decks list Nekusar, the Mindrazer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,237 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
394
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
8
Elo rating
1614

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 2351
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1237
No. games played with this commander 7451
Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1590 j4man98 14 8
2 1583 papa_phunk 80 25
3 1573 awkseaturtle 10 8
4 1568 ItsWeasel 76 26
5 1566 Jaffar 35 11

How does this commander win?

When Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins, 70.9% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage
70.9%
Combo
9.03%
Alternative
7.03%
Combat
6.88%
Poison
3.58%
Mill
1.58%
Commander Damage
1.0%
Avg win turn 7.8 based on 2022 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 32.49% of games from position 1 and 20.18% from position 4 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
32.49% n=2056
2
Seat 2
28.17% n=2020
3
Seat 3
23.12% n=1752
4
Seat 4
20.18% n=1244
5
Seat 5
22.58% n=217
6
Seat 6
25.0% n=44

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 25.97% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
25.97% n=3361
1
1 mulligan
28.48% n=1099
2
2 mulligans
25.78% n=353
3
3 mulligans
23.0% n=100
4
4 mulligans
23.81% n=21
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 4932 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 2021 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
54.55%
Tatyova, Benthic Druid commander art
54.55%
Finneas, Ace Archer commander art
54.55%
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash commander art
50.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Ketramose, the New Dawn commander art
0.0%
The Gitrog Monster commander art
0.0%
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent commander art
0.0%
Karlach, Fury of Avernus commander art
0.0%