Commander

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

159 Wins

367 Losses

Overview

Summary

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 543 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (159–367) at an Elo of 1,702, ranking #47 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.57 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 27 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge's win rate?

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge has a 29% win rate across 543 recorded Playgroup games (159 wins, 367 losses).

How long do winning games with Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge take?

Wins with Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 8 days.

How many decks use Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge?

236 decks list Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge as their commander on Playgroup, of which 140 have played at least one recorded game.

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1702

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 2

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.57

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 236

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 140

No. games played with this commander 543

Total hours played 8 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	BiscuitStick	10	4	40 %
2	1585	Medwards	4	3	75 %
3	1567	GardenaThrymm	2	2	100 %
4	1543	Grepolian	4	2	50 %
5	1524	ForgottenDodo	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge wins, 31.5% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

31.5%

Combat

30.71%

Alternative

14.96%

Combo

10.24%

Mill

10.24%

Commander Damage

1.57%

Poison

0.79%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 162 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

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

+0.6 pp

Top card: Riptide Laboratory

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Riptide Laboratory Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+0.6 pp		55

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?

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 17.65% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.0% n=165

Seat 2

38.46% n=143

Seat 3

24.0% n=125

Seat 4

24.62% n=65

Seat 5

17.65% n=17

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge wins 28.44% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.44% n=218

1 mulligan

29.21% n=89

2 mulligans

23.33% n=30

3 mulligans

33.33% n=15

4 mulligans

0.0% n=5

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge 3.81/5 on average, across 355 self-reports.

3.81 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge wins, opponents flag the game as salty 46.6% of the time across 163 tracked wins.

46.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.