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Decisive Denial

· Instant · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

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Times Brought

163

Decks Running

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

Card text

Decisive Denial

Instant

Choose one — • Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {3}

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Lorenzo Mastroianni

Final zone distribution

31 instances

3.2%

Battlefield

25.8%

Graveyard

6.5%

Exile

64.5%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst 59 decks
2 Bruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk 6 decks
3 Pako, Arcane Retriever 5 decks
4 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied 3 decks
5 Aloy, Savior of Meridian 2 decks
6 Aragorn, the Uniter 2 decks
7 Kotis, the Fangkeeper 2 decks
8 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca 2 decks
9 Tanazir Quandrix 2 decks
10 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

164 brought · 102 players

Brought to game

164

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

8 of 100 times cast 8%

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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. Playgroup has recorded 650,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.