Commander

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

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

556 Wins

1202 Losses

Overview

Summary

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,780 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (556–1202) at an Elo of 1,564, ranking #931 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 825008 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Sep 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 1780 recorded Playgroup games (556 wins, 1202 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 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 22 days.

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

720 decks list Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 366 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

931

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1564

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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 825008

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 720

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 366

No. games played with this commander 1780

Total hours played 22 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1737	RemusTheKing	21	14	67 %
2	1636	Drajul	58	39	71 %
3	1617	Juggaloguy	20	17	85 %
4	1566	Abyssssssss	5	5	100 %
5	1549	Lamackin	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins, 27.78% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

27.78%

Alternative

27.29%

Non Combat Damage

23.43%

Combo

9.66%

Poison

4.11%

Mill

4.11%

Commander Damage

3.62%

Avg win turn 10.4 based on 570 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen decks that leave them out.

+8.3 pp

Top card: Blasphemous Act

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Blasphemous Act 101 games	+8.3 pp	101
2	Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker 115 games	+5.8 pp	115
3	Blood Crypt 105 games	+3.2 pp	105
4	Solemn Simulacrum Signature build 76 games · Signature build	+2.9 pp	76
5	Exotic Orchard 88 games	+2.3 pp	88
6	Shipwreck Marsh Signature build 76 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	76
7	Deepglow Skate 93 games	+1.1 pp	93
8	Spark Double 92 games	+1.1 pp	92
9	Scalding Tarn 95 games	+0.9 pp	95
10	Ichormoon Gauntlet 91 games	+0.1 pp	91

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?

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins 35.63% of games from position 1 and 22.92% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.63% n=522

Seat 2

32.67% n=505

Seat 3

26.37% n=383

Seat 4

24.69% n=243

Seat 5

22.92% n=48

Seat 6

30.0% n=10

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins 31.67% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.67% n=870

1 mulligan

27.71% n=249

2 mulligans

22.62% n=84

3 mulligans

25.0% n=24

4 mulligans

66.67% n=6

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen 3.75/5 on average, across 1274 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins, opponents flag the game as salty 72.8% of the time across 570 tracked wins.

72.8 \%

Head to head

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.