Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Global Commander Stats

530 Wins

1096 Losses

Summary

Braids, Arisen Nightmare is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,626 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (530–1096) at an Elo of 1,539, ranking #1242 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 49 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 14 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Braids, Arisen Nightmare's win rate?

Braids, Arisen Nightmare has a 32% win rate across 1626 recorded Playgroup games (530 wins, 1096 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: 21 days.

How many decks use Braids, Arisen Nightmare?

652 decks list Braids, Arisen Nightmare as their commander on Playgroup, of which 342 have played at least one recorded game.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1242

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1539

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 49

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 652

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 342

No. games played with this commander 1626

Total hours played 21 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1712	Lukas	27	18	67 %
2	1630	ThatAintMalco	5	5	100 %
3	1607	Dakota	5	4	80 %
4	1579	ubie3	28	12	43 %
5	1568	Big Dawg	31	11	35 %

How does this commander win?

When Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins, 57.61% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

57.61%

Combat

20.38%

Combo

14.67%

Alternative

4.89%

Commander Damage

1.09%

Mill

1.09%

Poison

0.27%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 545 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins 50.0% of games from position 6 and 20.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.77% n=444

Seat 2

34.89% n=427

Seat 3

29.44% n=411

Seat 4

23.23% n=254

Seat 5

20.0% n=30

Seat 6

50.0% n=2

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins 35.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.53% n=760

1 mulligan

29.13% n=230

2 mulligans

29.87% n=77

3 mulligans

21.05% n=19

4 mulligans

66.67% n=3

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Braids, Arisen Nightmare 3.79/5 on average, across 968 self-reports.

3.79 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Braids, Arisen Nightmare wins, opponents flag the game as salty 60.1% of the time across 546 tracked wins.

60.1 \%

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.