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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
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Creature — Zombie
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Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
4%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
352
Decks Running
209
In Decks
1851
Decklist Inclusion
4%
Format
Final zone distribution
104 instances1.0%
Library
34.6%
Battlefield
20.2%
Graveyard
12.5%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
18 decks
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2
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
11 decks
-
3
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
11 decks
-
4
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
8 decks
-
5
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
8 decks
-
6
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
8 decks
-
7
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
6 decks
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8
The Scarab God
6 decks
-
9
Varina, Lich Queen
6 decks
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10
Betor, Ancestor's Voice
4 decks
The "good card" funnel
360 brought · 182 playersBrought to game
360
Ever drawn
94
Reached battlefield
55
Still on board at game end
36
Once cast, 65% 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.
≥ +19.1pp
Players who cast this card win 51% of the time (n=55) , vs 19% when it never left the library (n=234).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 21% (n=38) — 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 +32.2pp; 95% confidence interval +19.1pp to +45.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=55
0%
T1
0%
T2
4%
T3
2%
T4
20%
T5
55%
T6-9
20%
T10+
Median
7
P25
5
· P75
9
· max
14
On curve
25%
(11 / 55 cast on T5)
Cast same turn as drawn
24%
55 of 100 times cast
55%
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.