Commander

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

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

629 Wins

1362 Losses

Overview

Summary

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,032 recorded Playgroup games, winning 30% of them (629–1362) at an Elo of 1,523, ranking #1642 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 1102975 damage dealt and 0.51 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Nov 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 30% win rate across 2032 recorded Playgroup games (629 wins, 1362 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: 24 days.

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

774 decks list Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen as their commander on Playgroup, of which 422 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

1642

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1523

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1102975

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.51

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 774

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 422

No. games played with this commander 2032

Total hours played 24 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1737	RemusTheKing	21	14	67 %
2	1634	Drajul	66	44	70 %
3	1617	Juggaloguy	20	17	85 %
4	1570	Va2002	3	3	100 %
5	1566	Abyssssssss	5	5	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen wins, 29.06% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

29.06%

Alternative

26.77%

Non Combat Damage

23.11%

Combo

9.38%

Mill

4.35%

Commander Damage

3.66%

Poison

3.66%

Avg win turn 10.4 based on 637 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.

+8.5 pp

Top card: Blasphemous Act

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Blasphemous Act 165 games	+8.5 pp	165
2	Spark Double 153 games	+4.2 pp	153
3	Shivan Reef 99 games	+3.4 pp	99
4	The Chain Veil 125 games	+2.9 pp	125
5	Deepglow Skate 118 games	+2.8 pp	118
6	Vraska, Betrayal's Sting 114 games	+2.2 pp	114
7	Blood Crypt 177 games	+1.7 pp	177
8	Ichormoon Gauntlet 124 games	+1.7 pp	124
9	Mana Drain 150 games	+1.5 pp	150
10	Terminate 76 games	+1.4 pp	76

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Silent Arbiter Signature build 80 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	80
12	Relic of Sauron 74 games	+1.1 pp	74
13	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 86 games	+1.0 pp	86
14	Mystic Remora 71 games	+0.7 pp	71
15	Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker 190 games	+0.1 pp	190

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 35.96% of games from position 1 and 21.57% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.96% n=616

Seat 2

32.23% n=619

Seat 3

25.29% n=431

Seat 4

21.73% n=283

Seat 5

21.57% n=51

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 31.07% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.07% n=927

1 mulligan

26.03% n=292

2 mulligans

24.0% n=100

3 mulligans

23.08% n=26

4 mulligans

66.67% n=6

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

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 3.74/5 on average, across 1371 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 42.9% of the time across 643 tracked wins.

42.9 \%

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.