Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Global Commander Stats

All Grixis commanders

2030 Wins

5601 Losses

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Summary

Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 7,632 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (2030–5601) at an Elo of 1,539, ranking #1241 globally.

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

Last full refresh 14 Jul 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 7632 recorded Playgroup games (2030 wins, 5601 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?

2,422 decks list Nekusar, the Mindrazer as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,287 have played at least one recorded game.

Nekusar, the Mindrazer Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1241

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1539

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

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 2422

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1287

No. games played with this commander 7632

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1601	papa_phunk	82	26	33 %
2	1590	j4man98	14	8	57 %
3	1573	awkseaturtle	10	8	80 %
4	1568	ItsWeasel	76	26	34 %
5	1566	Jaffar	35	11	31 %

How does this commander win?

When Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins, 71.05% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

71.05%

Combo

8.95%

Combat

7.06%

Alternative

6.85%

Poison

3.57%

Mill

1.54%

Commander Damage

0.98%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 2072 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 32.43% of games from position 1 and 20.11% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.43% n=2103

Seat 2

27.99% n=2079

Seat 3

23.41% n=1790

Seat 4

20.11% n=1273

Seat 5

22.87% n=223

Seat 6

25.0% n=44

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nekusar, the Mindrazer wins 25.96% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

25.96% n=3424

1 mulligan

28.82% n=1131

2 mulligans

24.79% n=363

3 mulligans

23.53% n=102

4 mulligans

23.81% n=21

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 5062 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 2076 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.