Commander

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Global commander stats

All Black commanders

590 Wins

1263 Losses

Overview

Summary

Braids, Arisen Nightmare is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,878 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (590–1263) at an Elo of 1,606, ranking #540 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 45 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Braids, Arisen Nightmare's win rate?

Braids, Arisen Nightmare has a 31% win rate across 1878 recorded Playgroup games (590 wins, 1263 losses).

How long do winning games with Braids, Arisen Nightmare take?

Wins with Braids, Arisen Nightmare take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 23 days.

How many decks use Braids, Arisen Nightmare?

752 decks list Braids, Arisen Nightmare as their commander on Playgroup, of which 398 have played at least one recorded game.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

540

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1606

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 45

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 752

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 398

No. games played with this commander 1878

Total hours played 23 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1712	Lukas	27	18	67 %
2	1630	ThatAintMalco	5	5	100 %
3	1588	Dakota	9	5	56 %
4	1579	ubie3	28	12	43 %
5	1569	Turtle Power	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins, 56.29% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

56.29%

Combat

21.14%

Combo

14.96%

Alternative

5.23%

Commander Damage

1.19%

Mill

0.95%

Poison

0.24%

Avg win turn 8.9 based on 604 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Braids, Arisen Nightmare

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

+7.1 pp

Top card: Fell the Profane // Fell Mire

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire 134 games	+7.1 pp	134
2	Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire 132 games	+3.5 pp	132
3	Toxic Deluge 195 games	+2.0 pp	195
4	Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern 136 games	+2.0 pp	136
5	Bitterblossom 226 games	+1.9 pp	226
6	Black Market Connections 178 games	+1.5 pp	178
7	Crypt Ghast 269 games	+1.1 pp	269
8	Hopeless Nightmare 115 games	+0.8 pp	115

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?

Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 21.81% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.88% n=517

Seat 2

33.7% n=500

Seat 3

28.48% n=460

Seat 4

21.81% n=298

Seat 5

22.86% n=35

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins 34.23% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.23% n=821

1 mulligan

28.27% n=283

2 mulligans

28.72% n=94

3 mulligans

22.73% n=22

4 mulligans

62.5% n=4

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Braids, Arisen Nightmare 3.78/5 on average, across 1107 self-reports.

3.78 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.6% of the time across 605 tracked wins.

33.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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