Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Global Commander Stats

1066 Wins

1961 Losses

Summary

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,027 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (1066–1961) at an Elo of 1,520, ranking #1535 globally.

Wins average 7 turns, with 2 damage dealt and 0.8 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 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 3027 recorded Playgroup games (1066 wins, 1961 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: 27 days.

How many decks use Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin?

691 decks list Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 404 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

1535

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1520

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 2

Average commander damage per game 9

Average poison counters given per game 6

Average kills per game 0.8

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 691

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 404

No. games played with this commander 3027

Total hours played 27 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1808	coverman	88	69	80 %
2	1726	Angus H	20	12	60 %
3	1671	Bcm	83	53	65 %
4	1599	Bisty	51	15	29 %
5	1571	HouseCannon	25	9	36 %

How does this commander win?

When Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins, 41.5% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

41.5%

Combo

23.06%

Commander Damage

18.58%

Combat

13.31%

Alternative

3.03%

Mill

0.4%

Poison

0.13%

Avg win turn 6.9 based on 1081 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 16.22% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.77% n=843

Seat 2

37.72% n=806

Seat 3

28.09% n=680

Seat 4

26.67% n=480

Seat 5

16.22% n=37

Seat 6

100.0% n=4

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins 37.38% after 0 mulligans and 28.57% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.38% n=1284

1 mulligan

37.13% n=509

2 mulligans

26.43% n=227

3 mulligans

26.67% n=75

4 mulligans

18.52% n=27

5 mulligans

28.57% n=7

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin 3.92/5 on average, across 1986 self-reports.

3.92 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 1081 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

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.