Commander

Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Global commander stats

All Izzet commanders

1379 Wins

2598 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Niv-Mizzet, Parun is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,983 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (1379–2598) at an Elo of 1,573, ranking #826 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 3 damage dealt and 0.69 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 30 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Niv-Mizzet, Parun's win rate?

Niv-Mizzet, Parun has a 34% win rate across 3983 recorded Playgroup games (1379 wins, 2598 losses).

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

Wins with Niv-Mizzet, Parun take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.

How many decks use Niv-Mizzet, Parun?

1,628 decks list Niv-Mizzet, Parun as their commander on Playgroup, of which 756 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

826

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1573

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 3

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.69

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1628

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 756

No. games played with this commander 3983

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1617	jjobes	5	4	80 %
2	1589	Olvr	11	5	45 %
3	1586	The Wambat	6	4	67 %
4	1578	Darth_Nihilus03	3	3	100 %
5	1567	JeefBwaticus	6	3	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Niv-Mizzet, Parun wins, 47.58% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

47.58%

Combo

26.88%

Combat

15.14%

Alternative

5.66%

Commander Damage

3.4%

Mill

0.93%

Poison

0.41%

Avg win turn 8.7 based on 1427 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Niv-Mizzet, Parun decks that leave them out.

+7.5 pp

Top card: Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power 95 games	+7.5 pp	95
2	Rapid Hybridization 113 games	+5.3 pp	113
3	Fierce Guardianship 77 games	+3.6 pp	77
4	Mana Drain 64 games	+3.3 pp	64
5	Lightning Greaves 81 games	+2.5 pp	81
6	Ferrous Lake 72 games	+2.4 pp	72
7	Archmage of Runes Signature build 69 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	69

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?

Niv-Mizzet, Parun wins 43.12% of games from position 1 and 24.39% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

43.12% n=1155

Seat 2

33.53% n=1202

Seat 3

31.66% n=935

Seat 4

24.39% n=492

Seat 5

32.1% n=81

Seat 6

42.86% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Niv-Mizzet, Parun wins 36.29% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

36.29% n=2013

1 mulligan

32.35% n=541

2 mulligans

31.07% n=177

3 mulligans

16.67% n=42

4 mulligans

40.0% n=10

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Niv-Mizzet, Parun 3.68/5 on average, across 2704 self-reports.

3.68 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Niv-Mizzet, Parun wins, opponents flag the game as salty 65.5% of the time across 1425 tracked wins.

65.5 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

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