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Etali, Primal Storm

· Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur · Foundations (FDN)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

581

Decks Running

315

In Decks

3133

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

162 instances

0.6%

Library

27.8%

Battlefield

35.2%

Graveyard

9.9%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 53 decks
2 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 17 decks
3 Bello, Bard of the Brambles 13 decks
4 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 13 decks
5 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 13 decks
6 Fire Lord Azula 12 decks
7 Atla Palani, Nest Tender 8 decks
8 Kratos, God of War 8 decks
9 Tannuk, Steadfast Second 8 decks
10 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno 6 decks

The "good card" funnel

587 brought · 271 players

Brought to game

587

Ever drawn

141

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 46% 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.

≥ +1.2pp

Players who cast this card win 37% of the time (n=91) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=398).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 23% (n=47) — 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 +11.0pp; 95% confidence interval +1.2pp to +20.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=94

13%

61%

T6-9

15%

T10+

Median 7.0 P25 6 · P75 9 · max 16

On curve 41% (16 / 94 cast on T6) Cast same turn as drawn 30%

94 of 100 times cast 94%

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.