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Cauldron of Essence
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Artifact
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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
134
Decks Running
66
In Decks
378
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format
Final zone distribution
40 instances5.0%
Library
42.5%
Battlefield
25.0%
Graveyard
2.5%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Dina, Essence Brewer
11 decks
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2
Blech, Loafing Pest
7 decks
-
3
Sméagol, Helpful Guide
4 decks
-
4
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
3 decks
-
5
Dina, Soul Steeper
3 decks
-
6
Jenova, Ancient Calamity
3 decks
-
7
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
3 decks
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8
Teval, the Balanced Scale
3 decks
-
9
The Serpent Society
3 decks
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10
Witherbloom, the Balancer
3 decks
The "good card" funnel
134 brought · 63 playersBrought to game
134
Ever drawn
31
Reached battlefield
19
Still on board at game end
17
≥ -3.3pp
Players who cast this card win 42% of the time (n=18) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=88).
Observed gap +20.7pp; 95% confidence interval -3.3pp to +44.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
19 of 100 times cast
19%
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.