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Part of Modern Horizons 3
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Instant
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Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
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Brainsurge
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Instant
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Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
157
Decks Running
93
In Decks
664
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format
Final zone distribution
45 instances2.2%
Library
2.2%
Battlefield
64.4%
Graveyard
11.1%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
12 decks
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2
The Astonishing Ant-Man
7 decks
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3
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
6 decks
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4
Marvo, Deep Operative
4 decks
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5
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
4 decks
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6
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
3 decks
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7
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
2 decks
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8
Arcum Dagsson
2 decks
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9
Arjun, the Shifting Flame
2 decks
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10
Arthur, Marigold Knight
2 decks
The "good card" funnel
157 brought · 83 playersBrought to game
157
Ever drawn
40
Reached battlefield
26
Still on board at game end
1
≥ -6.2pp
Players who cast this card win 39% of the time (n=24) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=103).
Observed gap +12.9pp; 95% confidence interval -6.2pp to +32.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=26
4%
T1
0%
T2
19%
T3
8%
T4
12%
T5
38%
T6-9
19%
T10+
Median
6.5
P25
4
· P75
9
· max
11
On curve
23%
(5 / 26 cast on T3)
Cast same turn as drawn
28%
26 of 100 times cast
26%
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.