Commander

Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders

325 Wins

797 Losses

Overview

Summary

Neriv, Heart of the Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,129 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (325–797) at an Elo of 1,536, ranking #1392 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 29 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Neriv, Heart of the Storm's win rate?

Neriv, Heart of the Storm has a 28% win rate across 1129 recorded Playgroup games (325 wins, 797 losses).

How long do winning games with Neriv, Heart of the Storm take?

Wins with Neriv, Heart of the Storm take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 18 days.

How many decks use Neriv, Heart of the Storm?

334 decks list Neriv, Heart of the Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 220 have played at least one recorded game.

Neriv, Heart of the Storm Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1392

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1536

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 334

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 220

No. games played with this commander 1129

Total hours played 18 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1544	LabManiacGMan	4	2	50 %
2	1534	veyl	3	2	67 %
3	1533	Techolas	6	2	67 %
4	1526	Ferry28	2	1	50 %
5	1515	Gilb	9	3	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins, 73.41% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

73.41%

Non Combat Damage

15.48%

Commander Damage

8.73%

Combo

0.79%

Alternative

0.79%

Poison

0.4%

Mill

0.4%

Avg win turn 8.2 based on 326 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Neriv, Heart of the Storm decks that leave them out.

+3.8 pp

Top card: Ruinous Ultimatum

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
1	Ruinous Ultimatum 58 games	+3.8 pp		58

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?

Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 18.18% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.21% n=352

Seat 2

29.35% n=310

Seat 3

22.11% n=285

Seat 4

20.47% n=171

Seat 5

18.18% n=11

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins 24.91% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.91% n=279

1 mulligan

29.17% n=240

2 mulligans

33.9% n=59

3 mulligans

29.41% n=17

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Neriv, Heart of the Storm 3.65/5 on average, across 796 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.6% of the time across 330 tracked wins.

37.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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