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Essence Warden

· Creature — Elf Shaman · Commander Anthology (CMA)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

265

Decks Running

124

In Decks

1241

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

72 instances

2.8%

Library

40.3%

Battlefield

29.2%

Graveyard

15.3%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit 18 decks
2 Blech, Loafing Pest 13 decks
3 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest 9 decks
4 Lathril, Blade of the Elves 8 decks
5 Dina, Soul Steeper 7 decks
6 Witherbloom, the Balancer 7 decks
7 Sam, Loyal Attendant 6 decks
8 Betor, Ancestor's Voice 5 decks
9 Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant 5 decks
10 Chatterfang, Squirrel General 4 decks

The "good card" funnel

265 brought · 136 players

Brought to game

265

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 50% 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.

≥ -3.5pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=57) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=177).

Observed gap +8.8pp; 95% confidence interval -3.5pp to +21.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=58

26%

12%

14%

31%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 13

On curve 26% (15 / 58 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 77%

58 of 100 times cast 57%

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 620,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.