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Clever Impersonator

· Creature — Shapeshifter · Commander 2019 (C19)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

179

Decks Running

In Decks

853

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

55 instances

1.8%

Library

36.4%

Battlefield

25.5%

Graveyard

7.3%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor 11 decks
2 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 8 decks
3 Orvar, the All-Form 4 decks
4 Braids, Conjurer Adept 3 decks
5 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 3 decks
6 Loki, Lord of Misrule 3 decks
7 Vial Smasher the Fierce 3 decks
8 Zedruu the Greathearted 3 decks
9 Council of Reeds 2 decks
10 Kami of the Crescent Moon 2 decks

The "good card" funnel

179 brought · 97 players

Brought to game

179

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 74% 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.

≥ -2.8pp

Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=27) , vs 22% when it never left the library (n=114).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 14% (n=21) — 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 +15.8pp; 95% confidence interval -2.8pp to +34.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=27

11%

59%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 7 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 12

On curve 22% (3 / 27 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 33%

27 of 100 times cast 27%

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.