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Dualcaster Mage

{1} {R} {R} · Creature — Human Wizard · Commander 2021 (C21)
2%
Decklist Inclusion
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Times Brought
525
Decks Running
270
In Decks
2036
Decklist Inclusion
2%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1
Card text
Dualcaster Mage card

Dualcaster Mage

{1} {R} {R}
Creature — Human Wizard
Flash When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
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Commander 2021 (C21) · Rare · Illustrated by Matt Stewart

Final zone distribution

136 instances
2.9%
Library
16.9%
Battlefield
27.2%
Graveyard
6.6%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

526 brought · 247 players
Brought to game
526
Ever drawn
125
Reached battlefield
52
Still on board at game end
23

Once cast, 44% 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.

≥ -6.1pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=50) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=336).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 30% (n=60) — 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 +7.0pp; 95% confidence interval -6.1pp to +20.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=52
0%
T1
0%
T2
6%
T3
12%
T4
10%
T5
60%
T6-9
13%
T10+
Median 7.0 P25 5 · P75 9 · max 13
On curve 6% (3 / 52 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 22%
52 of 100 times cast 52%

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 660,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.