Live Play Data

Deadly Rollick

· Instant · Commander Masters (CMM)

14%

Live Inclusion

Buy on TCGplayer

Times Brought

3152

Decks Running

1481

Median Cast Turn

6.0

Drawn → Played

74%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

14% of tracked Commander decks in black run Deadly Rollick, and when a copy reaches a player's hand, 74% of those copies get cast before the game ends, with a median first-cast turn of 6.0.

Deadly Rollick is one of Commander's most efficient pieces of targeted removal. Across 2722 tracked multiplayer games on Playgroup Live, it appears in 1481 of 10261 distinct decks, a 14% inclusion rate that reflects how broadly black Commander players value free exile.

The card's core appeal is its mana cost. When you control a commander, Deadly Rollick costs nothing, making it a zero-mana instant-speed exile on any creature. That context shapes the cast timing: median first cast lands on turn 6.0, later than its mana value alone would suggest, because players hold it for the right threat rather than slamming it at the first opportunity. Of drawn copies, 74% reach the cast step, a rate consistent with deliberate deployment rather than situational mismatches.

The cast-vs-library win-rate delta sits at +4.5 percentage points, a positive directional signal across a well-sampled pool of 532 cast observations and 2003 library observations. That said, removal spells correlate with win rates partly because good decks run good removal. The delta reflects association, not proven causation.

At a glance

14% of tracked Commander decks in black include Deadly Rollick
T6.0 median first-cast turn across all observed casts
74% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
25% draw rate, typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck
958 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game, showing broad spread
30% win rate in games where Deadly Rollick was cast

First-cast turn

n=576

11%

19%

53%

T6-9

10%

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 22

On curve 17% (62 / 576 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 27%

The "good card" funnel

3154 brought · 958 players

Brought to game

3154

Ever drawn

781

Reached battlefield

576

Still on board at game end

74%

Of 3154 Deadly Rollicks brought to games, 781 were drawn, 576 of those were cast, and the vast majority resolved directly to the graveyard, consistent with an instant that exiles a creature and then goes to the bin.

≥ +0.5pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=532) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=2003).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 30% (n=191) — 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 +4.4pp; 95% confidence interval +0.5pp to +8.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

884 instances

3.2%

Library

2.1%

Battlefield

64.5%

Graveyard

10.6%

Exile

Deadly Rollick is an instant that resolves to the graveyard, so the dominant final zone for cast copies is the graveyard. The large library bucket represents the majority of deck participations where the card was never drawn or interacted with, a structural feature of 100-card singleton rather than a signal about the card's power.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 79 decks
2 Deadpool, Trading Card 36 decks
3 Fire Lord Azula 27 decks
4 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 26 decks
5 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel 25 decks
6 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow 22 decks
7 Sauron, the Dark Lord 20 decks
8 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 19 decks
9 Nekusar, the Mindrazer 18 decks
10 Kaalia of the Vast 17 decks

The commander distribution is spread across a wide range of black and multicolor commanders, with 958 distinct players contributing, and no single commander commanding a dominant share of the tracked decks.

Card text

Deadly Rollick

Instant

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Commander Masters (CMM) · Rare · Illustrated by Izzy

Frequently Asked

How often is Deadly Rollick drawn in a Commander game?

In 2722 tracked multiplayer games where Deadly Rollick was in a deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of those 781 drawn copies, 74% were cast before the game ended. The remainder were mostly still in hand when the game concluded, a common outcome for reactive spells held for the right moment.

What turn does Deadly Rollick usually get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 6.0, with the bulk of casts falling between turns 5 and 8. Very early casts (turns 1-2) are rare and likely represent opening-hand keeps with a fast commander in play. The mean is somewhat higher than the median, pulled up by games that go long. The 17% on-curve rate reflects that players mostly hold this for the right target rather than casting it at the first legal opportunity.

Is Deadly Rollick free to cast?

Yes, conditionally. If you control a commander when you cast Deadly Rollick, you may cast it without paying its mana cost of {3}{B}. Otherwise it costs four mana. In a format where every deck has a commander in the command zone, the free cast is the norm rather than the exception, though it does require your commander to be on the battlefield or at least to have been played at some point.

Is Deadly Rollick banned anywhere?

Deadly Rollick is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Oathbreaker, and Competitive Brawl. It is banned in Duel Commander and in Brawl. It is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Pauper, or most other formats. The Duel Commander ban reflects how powerful free removal is in a two-player variant where tempo swings are more decisive.

Does casting Deadly Rollick actually improve your win chances?

Across 532 participations where Deadly Rollick was cast, the win rate is 30%. Across 2003 participations where it never left the library, the win rate is 25%. The delta is +4.5 percentage points. Both sample sizes are large enough to call this a consistent signal rather than noise, though removal spells correlate with winning partly because strong decks include strong removal. Read the delta as association, not a clean causal lift.

Which commanders most often run Deadly Rollick?

Across tracked multiplayer games, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed leads the top-commanders list with 1481 total decks in the dataset running the card. The commander spread is wide across the full 958-player base, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 25% of total instances, indicating the data is not skewed by one prolific player. Black and black-heavy multicolor commanders dominate the list, as expected for a mono-black card.