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Part of Secrets of Strixhaven
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Instant
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Dominaria Remastered (DMR)
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Force of Will
3%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
505
Decks Running
233
In Decks
2383
Decklist Inclusion
3%
Format
Final zone distribution
158 instances4.4%
Library
5.7%
Battlefield
53.2%
Graveyard
7.6%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
6 decks
-
2
Kenrith, the Returned King
6 decks
-
3
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
6 decks
-
4
Namor the Sub-Mariner
6 decks
-
5
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
5 decks
-
6
Bruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk
4 decks
-
7
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
4 decks
-
8
Ms. Bumbleflower
4 decks
-
9
Urza, Lord High Artificer
4 decks
-
10
Vial Smasher the Fierce
4 decks
The "good card" funnel
509 brought · 167 playersBrought to game
509
Ever drawn
140
Reached battlefield
85
Still on board at game end
9
≥ -0.7pp
Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=84) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=329).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 41% (n=54) — 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 +9.3pp; 95% confidence interval -0.7pp to +19.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=85
2%
T1
4%
T2
8%
T3
16%
T4
21%
T5
39%
T6-9
9%
T10+
Median
5
P25
4
· P75
7
· max
14
On curve
52%
(18 / 85 cast on T5)
Cast same turn as drawn
32%
85 of 100 times cast
85%
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.