Alchemist's Talent
Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.
Alchemist's Talent
Final zone distribution
125 instancesCommanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
92 decks
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2
Smaug the Magnificent
35 decks
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3
Smaug the Impenetrable
32 decks
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4
Mr. House, President and CEO
21 decks
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5
Thorin, King of Durin's Folk
16 decks
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6
Knuckles the Echidna
13 decks
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7
Shadow the Hedgehog
12 decks
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8
Smaug, Wicked Worm
10 decks
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9
Vihaan, Goldwaker
10 decks
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10
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
7 decks
The "good card" funnel
765 brought · 329 playersOnce cast, 81% of this card is still on the battlefield at game end. This reflects how often it survives removal, not just whether it's a permanent.
Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=69) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=467).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=26).
Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.
Observed gap +0.7pp; 95% confidence interval -5.6pp to +7.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.