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Goblin Chieftain

· Creature — Goblin · Jumpstart (JMP)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

139

Decks Running

In Decks

660

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

34 instances

8.8%

Library

23.5%

Battlefield

38.2%

Graveyard

8.8%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Krenko, Mob Boss 48 decks
2 Zada, Hedron Grinder 16 decks
3 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden 5 decks
4 Mishra, Claimed by Gix 2 decks
5 Wort, Boggart Auntie 2 decks
6 General Kreat, the Boltbringer 1 decks
7 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie 1 decks
8 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King 1 decks
9 Kresh the Bloodbraided 1 decks
10 Purphoros, God of the Forge 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

139 brought · 77 players

Brought to game

139

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 35% 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.

≥ -20.8pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=23) , vs 34% when it never left the library (n=93).

Observed gap -2.4pp; 95% confidence interval -20.8pp to +16.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=23

13%

17%

39%

T6-9

T10+

Median 5 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 14

On curve 30% (4 / 23 cast on T3)

23 of 100 times cast 23%

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.