Commander

Nethroi, Apex of Death

Global commander stats

All Abzan commanders

458 Wins

990 Losses

Overview

Summary

Nethroi, Apex of Death is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,460 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (458–990) at an Elo of 1,635, ranking #318 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 7 damage dealt and 0.65 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Nethroi, Apex of Death's win rate?

Nethroi, Apex of Death has a 31% win rate across 1460 recorded Playgroup games (458 wins, 990 losses).

How long do winning games with Nethroi, Apex of Death take?

Wins with Nethroi, Apex of Death take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 21 days.

How many decks use Nethroi, Apex of Death?

588 decks list Nethroi, Apex of Death as their commander on Playgroup, of which 316 have played at least one recorded game.

Nethroi, Apex of Death Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

318

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1635

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 7

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.65

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 588

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 316

No. games played with this commander 1460

Total hours played 21 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1580	bruh	11	6	60 %
2	1568	Charly Jacquette	3	3	100 %
3	1558	moosetrainpie	4	2	50 %
4	1554	Beauver	3	3	100 %
5	1548	Doodle	1	1	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Nethroi, Apex of Death wins, 46.65% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

46.65%

Non Combat Damage

28.28%

Combo

16.33%

Commander Damage

3.5%

Alternative

3.5%

Mill

1.75%

Avg win turn 9.1 based on 461 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Nethroi, Apex of Death

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Nethroi, Apex of Death decks that leave them out.

+18.1 pp

Top card: Pitiless Plunderer

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Pitiless Plunderer Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+18.1 pp	55
2	Ashnod's Altar Signature build 47 games · Signature build	+14.7 pp	47
3	Zulaport Cutthroat 105 games	+4.6 pp	105
4	Bastion of Remembrance Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+3.9 pp	55
5	Phyrexian Tower Signature build 53 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	53
6	Verdant Catacombs 63 games	+1.8 pp	63
7	Isolated Chapel 99 games	+1.0 pp	99
8	Woodland Cemetery 95 games	+0.6 pp	95
9	Ravenous Chupacabra 70 games	+0.5 pp	70

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?

Nethroi, Apex of Death wins 35.08% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

35.08% n=392

Seat 2

32.51% n=403

Seat 3

30.39% n=362

Seat 4

23.28% n=232

Seat 5

31.25% n=32

Seat 6

0.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Nethroi, Apex of Death wins 33.28% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.28% n=646

1 mulligan

32.43% n=222

2 mulligans

20.45% n=88

3 mulligans

33.33% n=18

4 mulligans

0.0% n=2

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Nethroi, Apex of Death 3.7/5 on average, across 883 self-reports.

3.7 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Nethroi, Apex of Death wins, opponents flag the game as salty 33.0% of the time across 469 tracked wins.

33.0 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Nethroi, Apex of Death. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.