Commander

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

1268 Wins

2338 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,621 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1268–2338) at an Elo of 1,682, ranking #91 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 173 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin's win rate?

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin has a 35% win rate across 3621 recorded Playgroup games (1268 wins, 2338 losses).

How long do winning games with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin take?

Wins with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin take on average 7 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin?

856 decks list Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 502 have played at least one recorded game.

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1682

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 173

Average commander damage per game 1192394

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 856

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 502

No. games played with this commander 3621

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1733	Angus H	24	13	54 %
2	1707	coverman	114	86	77 %
3	1668	juancarloshc420	151	37	25 %
4	1606	doughpop	5	4	80 %
5	1600	Bisty	51	15	29 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins, 42.01% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

42.01%

Combo

22.32%

Commander Damage

18.27%

Combat

14.33%

Alternative

2.63%

Mill

0.33%

Poison

0.11%

Avg win turn 6.8 based on 1280 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin decks that leave them out.

+2.5 pp

Top card: Redirect Lightning

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Redirect Lightning 128 games	+2.5 pp	128
2	Vexing Bauble 158 games	+2.4 pp	158
3	Flare of Duplication 89 games	+2.1 pp	89
4	Diabolic Intent 214 games	+1.9 pp	214
5	Party Thrasher 261 games	+1.2 pp	261
6	Lightning Bolt 267 games	+0.9 pp	267

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?

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins 80.0% of games from position 6 and 16.28% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.24% n=1006

Seat 2

38.05% n=971

Seat 3

27.74% n=831

Seat 4

26.8% n=571

Seat 5

16.28% n=43

Seat 6

80.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins 37.61% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.61% n=1461

1 mulligan

36.76% n=646

2 mulligans

27.84% n=291

3 mulligans

23.6% n=89

4 mulligans

21.62% n=37

5 mulligans

25.0% n=8

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin 3.94/5 on average, across 2340 self-reports.

3.94 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 38.3% of the time across 1285 tracked wins.

38.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.