Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

Global Commander Stats

488 Wins

870 Losses

Summary

Niv-Mizzet, Visionary is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,358 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (488–870) at an Elo of 1,643, ranking #212 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.78 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently asked

What is Niv-Mizzet, Visionary's win rate? ▾

Niv-Mizzet, Visionary has a 35% win rate across 1358 recorded Playgroup games (488 wins, 870 losses).

How long do winning games with Niv-Mizzet, Visionary take? ▾

Wins with Niv-Mizzet, Visionary take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 11 days.

How many decks use Niv-Mizzet, Visionary? ▾

368 decks list Niv-Mizzet, Visionary as their commander on Playgroup, of which 242 have played at least one recorded game.

Niv-Mizzet, Visionary Magic: The Gathering commander card art

Global Rank

212

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1643

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 1

Average kills per game 0.78

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 368

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 242

No. games played with this commander 1358

Total hours played 11 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1655	Pati	14	8	57 %
2	1524	Numbers	1	1	100 %
3	1512	Distort09	1	1	100 %
4	1510	LisDexik	14	4	33 %
5	1505	Rohack_28	7	3	43 %

How does this commander win?

When Niv-Mizzet, Visionary wins, 58.87% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

58.87%

Combat

15.86%

Combo

14.78%

Alternative

6.18%

Commander Damage

3.23%

Mill

1.08%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 504 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Niv-Mizzet, Visionary wins 47.62% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

47.62% n=420

Seat 2

34.84% n=419

Seat 3

26.84% n=313

Seat 4

29.08% n=196

Seat 5

43.24% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=3

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Niv-Mizzet, Visionary wins 37.53% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

37.53% n=722

1 mulligan

34.66% n=176

2 mulligans

31.67% n=60

3 mulligans

46.15% n=13

4 mulligans

50.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Niv-Mizzet, Visionary 3.77/5 on average, across 861 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Niv-Mizzet, Visionary wins, opponents flag the game as salty 62.1% of the time across 504 tracked wins.

62.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Niv-Mizzet, Visionary. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.