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Ephemerate

· Instant · Modern Horizons (MH1)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

294

Decks Running

178

In Decks

1574

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

81 instances

7.4%

Battlefield

43.2%

Graveyard

24.7%

Exile

24.7%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 17 decks
2 Brago, King Eternal 7 decks
3 Niko, Light of Hope 7 decks
4 Zidane, Tantalus Thief 7 decks
5 Mister Negative 6 decks
6 Thanos, the Mad Titan 6 decks
7 The Sentry, Golden Guardian 6 decks
8 Atraxa, Grand Unifier 5 decks
9 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 5 decks
10 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5 decks

The "good card" funnel

295 brought · 154 players

Brought to game

295

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ +3.9pp

Players who cast this card win 45% of the time (n=43) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=205).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 44% (n=25) — 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 +19.0pp; 95% confidence interval +3.9pp to +34.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=45

16%

64%

T6-9

T10+

Median 6 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 11

On curve 4% (2 / 45 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 36%

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.