Commander

Niko, Light of Hope

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

749 Wins

1341 Losses

Overview

Summary

Niko, Light of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,103 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (749–1341) at an Elo of 1,639, ranking #288 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.75 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Niko, Light of Hope's win rate?

Niko, Light of Hope has a 35% win rate across 2103 recorded Playgroup games (749 wins, 1341 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: 23 days.

How many decks use Niko, Light of Hope?

625 decks list Niko, Light of Hope as their commander on Playgroup, of which 404 have played at least one recorded game.

Niko, Light of Hope Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

288

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1639

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 12

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 14

Average kills per game 0.75

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 625

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

No. games played with this commander 2103

Total hours played 23 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1645	fck.luck	21	12	57 %
2	1629	Anthony Tocco	6	5	83 %
3	1626	kshuffles	6	5	83 %
4	1624	ExiledRogue	24	11	46 %
5	1618	Darius	12	7	58 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, 84.12% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

84.12%

Alternative

6.32%

Combo

3.61%

Non Combat Damage

2.35%

Commander Damage

2.17%

Poison

0.72%

Mill

0.72%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 753 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Niko, Light of Hope

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Niko, Light of Hope decks that leave them out.

+8.5 pp

Top card: Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow 258 games	+8.5 pp	258
2	Thought Vessel 333 games	+7.3 pp	333
3	Preston, the Vanisher 89 games	+5.9 pp	89
4	Soulherder 379 games	+3.9 pp	379
5	Teleportation Circle 273 games	+3.3 pp	273
6	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 167 games	+2.9 pp	167
7	Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions 78 games	+2.1 pp	78
8	Aerial Extortionist 262 games	+2.1 pp	262
9	Getaway Glamer 169 games	+1.6 pp	169
10	Touch the Spirit Realm 100 games	+0.7 pp	100

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Loran of the Third Path 84 games	+0.7 pp	84
12	Gilded Lotus 47 games	+0.2 pp	47
13	Angel of the Ruins 106 games	+0.2 pp	106
14	Thran Dynamo Signature build 58 games · Signature build	+0.2 pp	58
15	An Offer You Can't Refuse 155 games	+0.2 pp	155

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?

Niko, Light of Hope wins 40.47% of games from position 1 and 20.0% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

40.47% n=598

Seat 2

36.78% n=609

Seat 3

36.13% n=494

Seat 4

27.0% n=337

Seat 5

20.0% n=45

Seat 6

28.57% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Niko, Light of Hope wins 36.78% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.78% n=821

1 mulligan

34.02% n=366

2 mulligans

32.56% n=172

3 mulligans

19.44% n=36

4 mulligans

36.36% n=11

5 mulligans

25.0% n=4

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

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 1342 self-reports.

3.87 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, opponents flag the game as salty 30.7% of the time across 759 tracked wins.

30.7 \%

Head to head

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.