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Brainsurge

{2} {U} · Instant · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
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Times Brought
338
Decks Running
191
In Decks
1201
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1
Card text
Brainsurge card

Brainsurge

{2} {U}
Instant
Draw four cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Liiga Smilshkalne

Final zone distribution

107 instances
2.8%
Library
5.6%
Battlefield
61.7%
Graveyard
8.4%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

338 brought · 174 players
Brought to game
338
Ever drawn
99
Reached battlefield
67
Still on board at game end
6
≥ -8.2pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=57) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=200).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 48% (n=26) — 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 +3.6pp; 95% confidence interval -8.2pp to +15.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=67
3%
T1
1%
T2
13%
T3
9%
T4
9%
T5
46%
T6-9
18%
T10+
Median 7 P25 4 · P75 9 · max 16
On curve 18% (9 / 67 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 33%
67 of 100 times cast 67%

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. Playgroup has recorded 650,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.