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Animate Dead

· Enchantment — Aura · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

338

Decks Running

202

In Decks

1562

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

100 instances

1.0%

Library

23.0%

Battlefield

39.0%

Graveyard

10.0%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Killian, Decisive Mentor 41 decks
2 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 6 decks
3 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 6 decks
4 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist 5 decks
5 Jon Irenicus, Shattered One 4 decks
6 Kaalia of the Vast 4 decks
7 Meren of Clan Nel Toth 4 decks
8 Braids, Arisen Nightmare 3 decks
9 Eriette of the Charmed Apple 3 decks
10 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 3 decks

The "good card" funnel

345 brought · 176 players

Brought to game

345

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 44% 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.

≥ -1.0pp

Players who cast this card win 36% of the time (n=52) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=227).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 33% (n=33) — about the same as leaving it in the library. Those players survived long enough to draw it, so the gap above is about the card resolving, not just about surviving.

Observed gap +11.5pp; 95% confidence interval -1.0pp to +24.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=52

12%

50%

T6-9

21%

T10+

Median 7.0 P25 5 · P75 9 · max 13

On curve 4% (2 / 52 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 36%

52 of 100 times cast 52%

Full analysis unlocks as more games are tracked. Stats refresh nightly.

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Basic play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games; the full deep-dive page needs a larger, more diverse sample (at least 300 tracked games played by 10 or more different pilots, with no single pilot over 40 percent of the copies). Until this card clears those bars you're seeing only the basic counts. Stats refresh nightly.

How is Playgroup Live card data collected?

Players using Playgroup Live import their decklists before a game and log card actions as they play. Each cast, zone change, and resolution is recorded as a real game event. Stats on this site are computed from those events, not from decklist scrapes or theorycrafting.