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Deflecting Swat

· Instant · Commander Masters (CMM)

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Times Brought

2190

Decks Running

1123

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

Deflecting Swat

Instant

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Commander Masters (CMM) · Rare · Illustrated by Izzy

Final zone distribution

457 instances

3.9%

Library

4.4%

Battlefield

33.3%

Graveyard

7.0%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Vivi Ornitier 34 decks
2 Krenko, Mob Boss 30 decks
3 Kaalia of the Vast 22 decks
4 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 19 decks
5 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 19 decks
6 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 18 decks
7 Bello, Bard of the Brambles 15 decks
8 Fire Lord Azula 15 decks
9 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers 15 decks
10 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh 15 decks

The "good card" funnel

2192 brought · 747 players

Brought to game

2192

Ever drawn

408

Reached battlefield

174

Still on board at game end

≥ -1.4pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=145) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=1369).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 28% (n=186) — 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 +2.7pp; 95% confidence interval -1.4pp to +6.9pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=174

10%

17%

51%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 17

On curve 11% (14 / 174 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 22%

2720 of 300 tracked games 99%

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