Commander

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Global commander stats

All Rakdos commanders

1300 Wins

2387 Losses

Overview

Summary

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,699 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1300–2387) at an Elo of 1,659, ranking #176 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 169 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 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 3699 recorded Playgroup games (1300 wins, 2387 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?

892 decks list Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 516 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

176

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1659

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 169

Average commander damage per game 1169663

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 892

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 516

No. games played with this commander 3699

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1721	coverman	116	88	77 %
2	1699	Angus H	26	13	50 %
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, 41.85% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

41.85%

Combo

22.26%

Commander Damage

18.21%

Combat

14.7%

Alternative

2.56%

Mill

0.32%

Poison

0.11%

Avg win turn 6.8 based on 1312 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.

+3.3 pp

Top card: Redirect Lightning

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Redirect Lightning 148 games	+3.3 pp	148
2	Diabolic Intent 228 games	+2.7 pp	228
3	Vexing Bauble 175 games	+2.3 pp	175
4	Molten Duplication 99 games	+2.2 pp	99
5	Flare of Duplication 107 games	+1.6 pp	107
6	Party Thrasher 290 games	+1.0 pp	290
7	Lightning Bolt 289 games	+0.4 pp	289

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 17.39% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.54% n=1029

Seat 2

38.15% n=987

Seat 3

27.67% n=851

Seat 4

27.23% n=584

Seat 5

17.39% n=46

Seat 6

80.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins 37.71% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.71% n=1465

1 mulligan

36.38% n=661

2 mulligans

28.24% n=301

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 2380 self-reports.

3.94 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.6% of the time across 1317 tracked wins.

37.6 \%

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.