Niko, Light of Hope

Global Commander Stats
Win Rate 35%
529 Wins
975 Losses

Summary

Niko, Light of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,504 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (529975) at an Elo of 1,650, ranking #202 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 12 damage dealt and 0.77 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 35% win rate across 1504 recorded Playgroup games (529 wins, 975 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: 16 days.

How many decks use Niko, Light of Hope?

444 decks list Niko, Light of Hope as their commander on Playgroup, of which 294 have played at least one recorded game.

Niko, Light of Hope Magic: The Gathering commander card art
Global Rank
202
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1650

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Commander Popularity Trend

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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 0.77
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 444
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 294
No. games played with this commander 1504
Total hours played 16 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1645 fck.luck 21 12
2 1550 ExiledRogue 9 4
3 1547 kaioken 3 2
4 1536 Umutoria 3 1
5 1524 Jacob Hesse 22 5

How does this commander win?

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, 85.5% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
85.5%
Alternative
7.13%
Commander Damage
2.21%
Non Combat Damage
2.21%
Combo
1.97%
Poison
0.49%
Mill
0.49%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 536 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Niko, Light of Hope wins 38.57% of games from position 1 and 18.18% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
38.57% n=433
2
Seat 2
36.06% n=416
3
Seat 3
35.15% n=367
4
Seat 4
30.2% n=255
5
Seat 5
18.18% n=33
6
Seat 6
33.33% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Niko, Light of Hope wins 35.59% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
35.59% n=680
1
1 mulligan
32.96% n=267
2
2 mulligans
29.06% n=117
3
3 mulligans
23.81% n=21
4
4 mulligans
50.0% n=8
5
5 mulligans
33.33% n=3
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 3.88/5 on average, across 1003 self-reports.

3.88 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.5% of the time across 536 tracked wins.

65.5 \%

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

Killian, Decisive Mentor commander art
72.73%
Isshin, Two Heavens as One commander art
61.54%
The Necrobloom commander art
The Necrobloom 10 games
60.0%
Temmet, Naktamun's Will commander art
58.33%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow commander art
56.25%

Top 5 worst matchups

Disa the Restless commander art
10.0%
Zurgo Stormrender commander art
11.11%
Teysa Karlov commander art
Teysa Karlov 15 games
13.33%
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit commander art
13.33%