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· Instant · Commander Masters (CMM)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

274

Decks Running

156

In Decks

1543

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

90 instances

6.7%

Library

2.2%

Battlefield

56.7%

Graveyard

11.1%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings 16 decks
2 Sauron, the Dark Lord 8 decks
3 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait 7 decks
4 Captain N'ghathrod 6 decks
5 Alela, Cunning Conqueror 4 decks
6 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor 4 decks
7 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell 4 decks
8 Anhelo, the Painter 3 decks
9 Anowon, the Ruin Thief 3 decks
10 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 3 decks

The "good card" funnel

274 brought · 139 players

Brought to game

274

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ +3.5pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=47) , vs 16% when it never left the library (n=165).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 23% (n=26) — 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 +16.6pp; 95% confidence interval +3.5pp to +29.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=48

19%

13%

52%

T6-9

10%

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 14

On curve 25% (9 / 48 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 22%

48 of 100 times cast 48%

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.