Niko, Light of Hope

Global Commander Stats {W} {U} All Azorius commanders
Win Rate 34%
566 Wins
1069 Losses

Summary

Niko, Light of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,635 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (5661069) at an Elo of 1,661, ranking #152 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.76 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Niko, Light of Hope's win rate?
Niko, Light of Hope has a 34% win rate across 1635 recorded Playgroup games (566 wins, 1069 losses).
How long do winning games with Niko, Light of Hope take?
Wins with Niko, Light of Hope take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 9 months.
How many decks use Niko, Light of Hope?
478 decks list Niko, Light of Hope as their commander on Playgroup, of which 313 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
152
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1661

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 12
Average commander damage per game 4
Average poison counters given per game 9
Average kills per game 0.76
Average turn length 30 minutes
No. decks for this commander 478
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 313
No. games played with this commander 1635
Total hours played 9 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1645 fck.luck 21 12
2 1558 ExiledRogue 11 5
3 1536 Umutoria 3 1
4 1535 Alex 1 1
5 1524 Jacob Hesse 22 5

How does this commander win?

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, 85.28% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.28%
Alternative
7.24%
Commander Damage
2.34%
Non Combat Damage
2.34%
Combo
1.87%
Poison
0.47%
Mill
0.47%
Avg win turn 9.1 based on 574 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Niko, Light of Hope wins 39.01% of games from position 1 and 16.67% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.01% n=464
2
Seat 2
35.48% n=451
3
Seat 3
34.16% n=401
4
Seat 4
29.39% n=279
5
Seat 5
16.67% n=36
6
Seat 6
33.33% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Niko, Light of Hope wins 35.06% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
35.06% n=716
1
1 mulligan
33.92% n=286
2
2 mulligans
29.03% n=124
3
3 mulligans
22.22% n=27
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=8
5
5 mulligans
25.0% n=4
6
6 mulligans
100.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Niko, Light of Hope 3.87/5 on average, across 1078 self-reports.

3.87 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.4% of the time across 573 tracked wins.

64.4 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Niko, Light of Hope. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

The Necrobloom commander art
The Necrobloom 11 games
63.64%
Isshin, Two Heavens as One commander art
61.54%
Killian, Decisive Mentor commander art
61.54%
Yarok, the Desecrated commander art
60.0%

Top 5 worst matchups

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir commander art
10.0%
Stella Lee, Wild Card commander art
10.0%
Disa the Restless commander art
10.0%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
11.11%