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Defy Death

· Sorcery · Avacyn Restored (AVR)

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Times Brought

133

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

Defy Death

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's an Angel, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Avacyn Restored (AVR) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Karl Kopinski

Final zone distribution

27 instances

7.4%

Battlefield

37.0%

Graveyard

55.6%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Giada, Font of Hope 49 decks
2 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk 2 decks
3 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger 1 decks
4 Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice 1 decks
5 Bruna, the Fading Light 1 decks
6 Geist of Saint Traft 1 decks
7 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight 1 decks
8 Lyra Dawnbringer 1 decks
9 Seluma, Light of Aysen 1 decks
10 Whtz, the Bibliophile 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

133 brought · 58 players

Brought to game

133

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. 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 700,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.