How many lands, ramp and draw do Nikya of the Old Ways decks run?
Nikya of the Old Ways decks run a median of 36 lands and 13.5 ramp cards, across 20 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 7 of these 20 Nikya of the Old Ways decks as bracket 4. We need at least 8 decks to give a bracket its own column, so they count only in the numbers for all of these decks.
Counted on , from decks collected in July and November 2026.
We counted these 20 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck.
Compared with all decks, Nikya of the Old Ways decks run more ramp (13.5 against 11) and less mass disruption (1 against 2).
The first number in each row is the median for these decks, and the range after it covers the middle half of them. The last column is the median across all 18,414 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 36 (35-37) | 34 |
| Ramp | 13.5 (12-17) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 9.5 (8-13) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 8.5 (6-10) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 1 (1-1) | 2 |
| Protection | 1 (1-2) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 20 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 2 (9 decks), bracket 3 (3), bracket 4 (7) and bracket 5 (1).
Nikya of the Old Ways bracket 1 and 2 decks
These are the same rows for the 9 bracket 1 and 2 decks, by the bracket Moxfield lists for each one. No other bracket holds at least 8 of these decks, so the others count only in the numbers for all of these decks. The Brackets 1-2 column holds 9 decks. That small count can put its medians a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
| Brackets 1-2 | |
|---|---|
| Lands | 37 (35-38) |
| Ramp | 14 (12-15) |
| Card advantage | 10 (8-11) |
| Targeted disruption | 8 (6-9) |
| Mass disruption | 1 (1-1) |
| Protection | 1 (1-1) |
| Decks counted | 9 |
What Nikya of the Old Ways bracket 1 and 2 decks run
These are the nonland cards these 9 bracket 1 and 2 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 11 Nikya of the Old Ways decks. With 9 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Brackets 1-2 | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Beast Whisperer | 9 of 9 | 9 of 11 |
| Ruric Thar, the Unbowed | 9 of 9 | 7 of 11 |
| Bane of Progress | 7 of 9 | 7 of 11 |
| Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma | 7 of 9 | 9 of 11 |
| Soul of the Harvest | 7 of 9 | 7 of 11 |
| Garruk's Packleader | 6 of 9 | 3 of 11 |
| Sakura-Tribe Elder | 6 of 9 | 8 of 11 |
| Archetype of Aggression | 5 of 9 | 4 of 11 |
| Archetype of Endurance | 5 of 9 | 6 of 11 |
| Augur of Autumn | 5 of 9 | 9 of 11 |
What bracket is a Nikya of the Old Ways deck?
Of the 20 Nikya of the Old Ways decks we counted, 7 (35%) need at least bracket 3, and 1 (5%) needs at least bracket 4.
Each deck's lowest bracket here comes from Wizards' bracket rules, as EDHTuner's engine reads them from the deck's cards. The engine checks Game Changers, two-card infinite combos from Commander Spellbook, mass land denial and extra-turn cards.
| Lowest bracket | Decks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bracket 1 | 13 | 65% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 6 | 30% |
| Bracket 4 | 1 | 5% |
One deck can meet several of these rules, and its lowest bracket is the highest one any of them asks for.
| What the deck runs | Needs at least | Decks |
|---|---|---|
| More than three Game Changers | Bracket 4 | 1 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 1 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 5 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 3 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 0 |
The rules also weigh how early a combo can win and whether extra turns get chained. The cards alone do not show that, so a deck can belong in a higher bracket than the one shown here. On Moxfield, 1 of these decks has a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Nikya of the Old Ways decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 20 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column is the share of the other decks we counted that run the same card, out of those whose colors allow it.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Beast Whisperer | 18 of 20 | 9% |
| Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma | 16 of 20 | 4% |
| Ruric Thar, the Unbowed | 16 of 20 | 2% |
| Augur of Autumn | 14 of 20 | 3% |
| Bane of Progress | 14 of 20 | 4% |
| Sakura-Tribe Elder | 14 of 20 | 15% |
| Soul of the Harvest | 14 of 20 | 2% |
| Silverback Elder | 13 of 20 | 2% |
| Temur Sabertooth | 13 of 20 | 4% |
| Goblin Anarchomancer | 12 of 20 | 9% |
| Kogla, the Titan Ape | 12 of 20 | 5% |
| Magus of the Candelabra | 12 of 20 | 2% |
| Xenagos, God of Revels | 12 of 20 | 7% |
| Archetype of Endurance | 11 of 20 | 1% |
| Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea | 11 of 20 | 3% |
| Primordial Sage | 11 of 20 | under 1% |
| Urabrask the Hidden | 11 of 20 | 2% |
| Wood Elves | 11 of 20 | 6% |
| Apex Devastator | 10 of 20 | 2% |
| Arbor Elf | 10 of 20 | 13% |
Cards that set these decks apart
These cards are not in the table above. Each one is in at least three in ten of these decks, and the other decks whose colors allow it run it far less often.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Craterhoof Behemoth | 10 of 20 | 8% |
| Nylea, Keen-Eyed | 10 of 20 | 1% |
| Ohran Frostfang | 10 of 20 | 8% |
| Vizier of the Menagerie | 10 of 20 | under 1% |
| Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus | 10 of 20 | 3% |
| Archetype of Aggression | 9 of 20 | under 1% |
| Garruk's Packleader | 9 of 20 | 2% |
| Kogla and Yidaro | 9 of 20 | 3% |
| Nullstone Gargoyle | 9 of 20 | under 1% |
| Terastodon | 9 of 20 | 3% |
Themes EDHTuner finds in these decks
EDHTuner reads each deck's themes from the rules text on its cards, the same way it reads yours. This is how many of the 20 decks it finds each theme in, for the themes it finds in at least a quarter of them. One deck can have several.
| Theme | Decks |
|---|---|
| ETB payoffs (creatures entering) | 16 of 20 |
| Power matters | 16 of 20 |
| Stax & taxes | 11 of 20 |
| Combat damage | 10 of 20 |
| Devotion | 7 of 20 |
| Extra combat | 6 of 20 |
| Attack triggers | 5 of 20 |
| ETB value (enters-the-battlefield triggers) | 5 of 20 |
Similar commanders
Decks for these commanders have the same colors as these decks, or EDHTuner finds some of the same themes in them. The words after each name say what they share.
- Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient same colors, Extra combat, Power matters, Attack triggers
- Kratos, God of War Devotion, Extra combat, Attack triggers
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles same colors, ETB value (enters-the-battlefield triggers), Power matters, Attack triggers
- Atreus, Impulsive Son and Kratos, Stoic Father Devotion, Extra combat, Attack triggers
- Ureni of the Unwritten Extra combat, Power matters, Attack triggers
- Ruric Thar, the Unbowed same colors, Power matters, Stax & taxes, Combat damage
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The brackets 1-2 page shows what all the decks we counted at those brackets run.
The lands page shows how many lands Commander decks run at each bracket, and the bracket checker names the lowest bracket your own deck fits.
Paste your deck into EDHTuner to see its own counts and the numbers it aims for, along with cards to add and cut. The guide to cutting cards shows how it picks them.