Commander

Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders

279 Wins

706 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Neriv, Heart of the Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 986 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (279–706) at an Elo of 1,583, ranking #705 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.68 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 25 Aug 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 986 recorded Playgroup games (279 wins, 706 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: 10 days.

How many decks use Neriv, Heart of the Storm?

291 decks list Neriv, Heart of the Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 192 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

705

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1583

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 5

Average kills per game 0.68

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 291

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 192

No. games played with this commander 986

Total hours played 10 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1534	veyl	3	2	67 %
2	1533	LabManiacGMan	4	2	50 %
3	1526	Ferry28	2	1	50 %
4	1526	Digr3	37	13	35 %
5	1515	Gilb	9	3	33 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins, 75.93% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

75.93%

Non Combat Damage

14.35%

Commander Damage

7.87%

Alternative

0.93%

Combo

0.46%

Mill

0.46%

Avg win turn 8.3 based on 284 wins with recorded turn counts

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 20.51% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.49% n=296

Seat 2

28.73% n=268

Seat 3

21.14% n=246

Seat 4

20.51% n=156

Seat 5

22.22% n=9

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins 24.71% after 0 mulligans and 25.0% after 4 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.71% n=263

1 mulligan

28.37% n=215

2 mulligans

27.27% n=44

3 mulligans

31.25% n=16

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 3.64/5 on average, across 713 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Neriv, Heart of the Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 75.7% of the time across 284 tracked wins.

75.7 \%

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.