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Deserted Temple

Land · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
Times Brought
264
Decks Running
147
In Decks
Decklist Inclusion
Format

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

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Deserted Temple card

Deserted Temple

Land
{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Untap target land.
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) · Rare · Illustrated by Rob Alexander

Final zone distribution

54 instances
1.9%
Library
72.2%
Battlefield
11.1%
Graveyard
3.7%
Exile

The "good card" funnel

264 brought · 127 players
Brought to game
264
Ever drawn
51
Reached battlefield
45
Still on board at game end
39

Once cast, 87% 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.

≥ -4.8pp

Players who cast this card win 28% of the time (n=36) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=147).

Observed gap +4.0pp; 95% confidence interval -4.8pp to +12.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=45
18%
T1
2%
T2
22%
T3
18%
T4
11%
T5
22%
T6-9
7%
T10+
Median 4 P25 3 · P75 6 · max 19
Cast same turn as drawn 71%
45 of 100 times cast 45%

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.