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Essence Flux

· Instant · Innistrad Remastered (INR)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

163

Decks Running

In Decks

900

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

43 instances

2.3%

Library

74.4%

Graveyard

2.3%

Exile

20.9%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 8 decks
2 Niko, Light of Hope 7 decks
3 Orvar, the All-Form 6 decks
4 Brago, King Eternal 4 decks
5 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea 4 decks
6 Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 4 decks
7 Be'lakor, the Dark Master 3 decks
8 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 3 decks
9 Shiko, Paragon of the Way 3 decks
10 Clement, the Worrywort 2 decks

The "good card" funnel

163 brought · 89 players

Brought to game

163

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ -1.9pp

Players who cast this card win 42% of the time (n=27) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=115).

Observed gap +16.7pp; 95% confidence interval -1.9pp to +35.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=27

11%

70%

T6-9

T10+

Median 6 P25 6 · P75 7 · max 13

On curve 0% (0 / 27 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 38%

27 of 100 times cast 27%

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.