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Castle Ardenvale

Land · Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

262

Decks Running

145

In Decks

1495

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

57 instances

5.3%

Library

59.6%

Battlefield

15.8%

Graveyard

7.0%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Zinnia, Valley's Voice 27 decks
2 Zurgo Stormrender 10 decks
3 Arabella, Abandoned Doll 5 decks
4 Éowyn, Shieldmaiden 5 decks
5 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser 5 decks
6 Galadriel, Light of Valinor 4 decks
7 Giada, Font of Hope 4 decks
8 Kyler, Sigardian Emissary 4 decks
9 Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed 4 decks
10 Ellivere of the Wild Court 3 decks

The "good card" funnel

263 brought · 127 players

Brought to game

263

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 87% 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.

≥ -3.7pp

Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=38) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=194).

Observed gap +10.7pp; 95% confidence interval -3.7pp to +25.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=39

15%

10%

23%

18%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 11

Cast same turn as drawn 58%

39 of 100 times cast 39%

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.