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Gray Merchant of Asphodel

· Creature — Zombie · Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

549

Decks Running

308

In Decks

2868

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

172 instances

1.7%

Library

37.8%

Battlefield

20.3%

Graveyard

13.4%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 27 decks
2 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver 16 decks
3 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 14 decks
4 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 11 decks
5 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 11 decks
6 Meren of Clan Nel Toth 9 decks
7 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel 9 decks
8 Gisa and Geralf 7 decks
9 Mister Negative 7 decks
10 The Scarab God 7 decks

The "good card" funnel

557 brought · 266 players

Brought to game

557

Ever drawn

153

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 66% 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.

≥ +16.6pp

Players who cast this card win 48% of the time (n=99) , vs 22% when it never left the library (n=355).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 24% (n=53) — 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 +26.4pp; 95% confidence interval +16.6pp to +36.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=99

17%

57%

T6-9

17%

T10+

Median 7 P25 5 · P75 9 · max 14

On curve 26% (17 / 99 cast on T5) Cast same turn as drawn 30%

99 of 100 times cast 99%

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.