Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Global Commander Stats

All Grixis commanders

512 Wins

1107 Losses

Summary

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,619 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (512–1107) at an Elo of 1,467, ranking #3543 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 896751 damage dealt and 0.55 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 26 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen's win rate?

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen has a 31% win rate across 1619 recorded Playgroup games (512 wins, 1107 losses).

How long do winning games with Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen take?

Wins with Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: 19 days.

How many decks use Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen?

643 decks list Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 329 have played at least one recorded game.

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

3543

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1467

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Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 896751

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.55

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 643

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 329

No. games played with this commander 1619

Total hours played 19 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1737	RemusTheKing	21	14	67 %
2	1628	Juggaloguy	18	16	89 %
3	1617	Drajul	55	36	69 %
4	1566	Abyssssssss	5	5	100 %
5	1549	Lamackin	4	2	50 %

How does this commander win?

When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins, 26.82% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

26.82%

Alternative

26.82%

Non Combat Damage

25.0%

Combo

9.38%

Mill

4.17%

Commander Damage

3.91%

Poison

3.91%

Avg win turn 10.5 based on 525 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins 34.69% of games from position 1 and 23.91% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

34.69% n=493

Seat 2

32.77% n=473

Seat 3

27.12% n=354

Seat 4

25.0% n=228

Seat 5

23.91% n=46

Seat 6

33.33% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins 32.1% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.1% n=810

1 mulligan

28.11% n=217

2 mulligans

23.68% n=76

3 mulligans

27.27% n=22

4 mulligans

66.67% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen 3.74/5 on average, across 1180 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.1% of the time across 525 tracked wins.

73.1 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.