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Elves of Deep Shadow

{G} · Creature — Elf Druid · Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ)
Times Brought
515
Decks Running
275
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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Elves of Deep Shadow card

Elves of Deep Shadow

{G}
Creature — Elf Druid
{T}: Add {B}. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
1 / 1
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) · Common · Illustrated by Justin Sweet

Final zone distribution

101 instances
1.0%
Library
48.5%
Battlefield
28.7%
Graveyard
2.0%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

515 brought · 242 players
Brought to game
515
Ever drawn
91
Reached battlefield
69
Still on board at game end
49

Once cast, 71% 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.

≥ -7.0pp

Players who cast this card win 25% of the time (n=56) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=308).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=17).

Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.

Observed gap +0.1pp; 95% confidence interval -7.0pp to +7.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=69
45%
T1
16%
T2
7%
T3
9%
T4
4%
T5
16%
T6-9
3%
T10+
Median 2 P25 1 · P75 4 · max 11
On curve 45% (31 / 69 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 75%

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 680,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.