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Fierce Guardianship

{2} {U} · Instant · Commander Masters (CMM)
7%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
603
Decks Running
323
In Decks
2745
Decklist Inclusion
7%
Format

Final zone distribution

168 instances
7.7%
Library
1.8%
Battlefield
51.8%
Graveyard
6.0%
Exile

The "good card" funnel

604 brought · 223 players
Brought to game
604
Ever drawn
156
Reached battlefield
90
Still on board at game end
3
≥ -3.2pp

Players who cast this card win 34% of the time (n=89) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=422).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 30% (n=66) — 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 +6.1pp; 95% confidence interval -3.2pp to +15.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=90
1%
T1
0%
T2
3%
T3
8%
T4
30%
T5
52%
T6-9
6%
T10+
Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 7 · max 13
On curve 4% (3 / 90 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 20%
90 of 100 times cast 90%

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?
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