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Butcher of Malakir

{5} {B} {B} · Creature — Vampire Warrior · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
133
Decks Running
74
In Decks
990
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format

Final zone distribution

25 instances
32.0%
Battlefield
32.0%
Graveyard
12.0%
Exile
24.0%
Hand

The "good card" funnel

136 brought · 72 players
Brought to game
136
Ever drawn
22
Reached battlefield
17
Still on board at game end
8
≥ -22.8pp

Players who cast this card win 21% of the time (n=17) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=103).

Observed gap -3.0pp; 95% confidence interval -22.8pp to +16.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

17 of 100 times cast 17%

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

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Why isn't there more data on this card?
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How is Playgroup Live card data collected?
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