Commander

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders Featured in Tarkir Dragonstorm

262 Wins

635 Losses

Overview

Summary

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 900 recorded Playgroup games, winning 29% of them (262–635) at an Elo of 1,514, ranking #1826 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.62 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Neriv, Crackling Vanguard's win rate?

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard has a 29% win rate across 900 recorded Playgroup games (262 wins, 635 losses).

How long do winning games with Neriv, Crackling Vanguard take?

Wins with Neriv, Crackling Vanguard take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Neriv, Crackling Vanguard?

238 decks list Neriv, Crackling Vanguard as their commander on Playgroup, of which 191 have played at least one recorded game.

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1826

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1514

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.62

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 238

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 191

No. games played with this commander 900

Total hours played 12 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1556	Jackson_zumwalt	14	6	43 %
2	1512	ThemmeFatale	2	1	50 %
3	1512	The Karl	2	1	50 %
4	1507	Joanigl97	2	1	50 %
5	1500	Fabian Camilo Espinel Ramirez	1	0	0 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Neriv, Crackling Vanguard wins, 70.1% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

70.1%

Non Combat Damage

16.18%

Alternative

6.37%

Commander Damage

5.88%

Combo

0.98%

Mill

0.49%

Avg win turn 9.0 based on 268 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard wins 33.45% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

33.45% n=278

Seat 2

29.41% n=289

Seat 3

24.76% n=210

Seat 4

28.57% n=119

Seat 5

15.0% n=20

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Neriv, Crackling Vanguard wins 31.44% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.44% n=264

1 mulligan

28.08% n=146

2 mulligans

23.08% n=52

3 mulligans

33.33% n=9

4 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Neriv, Crackling Vanguard 3.69/5 on average, across 670 self-reports.

3.69 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Neriv, Crackling Vanguard wins, opponents flag the game as salty 40.5% of the time across 269 tracked wins.

40.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Neriv, Crackling Vanguard. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.