Live Play Data

Boromir, Warden of the Tower

· Legendary Creature — Human Soldier · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1250

Decks Running

562

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

70%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

First-cast turn

n=209

17%

16%

45%

T6-9

T10+

Median 6 P25 4 · P75 7 · max 15

On curve 14% (19 / 209 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 28%

The "good card" funnel

1251 brought · 492 players

Brought to game

1251

Ever drawn

297

Reached battlefield

207

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 47% 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.

≥ +0.6pp

Players who cast this card win 34% of the time (n=197) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=805).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 21% (n=73).

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 +7.3pp; 95% confidence interval +0.6pp to +14.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

330 instances

4.2%

Library

29.7%

Battlefield

34.2%

Graveyard

7.6%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Éowyn, Shieldmaiden 46 decks
2 Jodah, the Unifier 42 decks
3 Aragorn, the Uniter 36 decks
4 Winota, Joiner of Forces 33 decks
5 Terra, Herald of Hope 25 decks
6 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer 17 decks
7 Myrel, Shield of Argive 14 decks
8 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness 13 decks
9 Aragorn, King of Gondor 12 decks
10 Squall, SeeD Mercenary 11 decks

Card text

Boromir, Warden of the Tower

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Vigilance Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell. Sacrifice Boromir: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) · Rare · Illustrated by Yigit Koroglu

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. 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. Playgroup has recorded 710,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.