Niko, Light of Hope

Global Commander Stats {W} {U} All Azorius commanders
Win Rate 34%
581 Wins
1091 Losses
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Summary

Niko, Light of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,672 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (5811091) at an Elo of 1,646, ranking #222 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 34% win rate across 1672 recorded Playgroup games (581 wins, 1091 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: 17 days.
How many decks use Niko, Light of Hope?
495 decks list Niko, Light of Hope as their commander on Playgroup, of which 318 have played at least one recorded game.
Global Rank
222
Wins By Turn (on avg.)
9
Elo rating
1646

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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 495
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 318
No. games played with this commander 1672
Total hours played 17 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank Elo User No. games Wins
1 1645 fck.luck 21 12
2 1547 Hunster35 11 5
3 1536 Umutoria 3 1
4 1535 Alex 1 1
5 1531 ExiledRogue 13 5

How does this commander win?

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, 84.77% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
84.77%
Alternative
7.05%
Combo
2.73%
Commander Damage
2.27%
Non Combat Damage
2.27%
Poison
0.45%
Mill
0.45%
Avg win turn 9.2 based on 590 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Niko, Light of Hope wins 39.1% of games from position 1 and 18.42% from position 5 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
39.1% n=468
2
Seat 2
36.23% n=461
3
Seat 3
34.96% n=409
4
Seat 4
28.33% n=293
5
Seat 5
18.42% n=38
6
Seat 6
33.33% n=6

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Niko, Light of Hope wins 35.51% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
35.51% n=721
1
1 mulligan
33.55% n=301
2
2 mulligans
29.13% n=127
3
3 mulligans
20.69% n=29
4
4 mulligans
44.44% n=9
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 1107 self-reports.

3.87 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Niko, Light of Hope wins, opponents flag the game as salty 64.6% of the time across 590 tracked wins.

64.6 \%

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

Yarok, the Desecrated commander art
63.64%
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%

Top 5 worst matchups

Xyris, the Writhing Storm commander art
10.0%
Stella Lee, Wild Card commander art
10.0%
Disa the Restless commander art
10.0%
Lonis, Cryptozoologist commander art
10.0%