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Grishnákh, Brash Instigator

· Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

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Times Brought

217

Decks Running

108

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

Card text

Grishnákh, Brash Instigator

Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier

When Grishnákh enters, amass Orcs 2. When you do, until end of turn, gain control of target nonlegendary creature an opponent controls with power less than or equal to the amassed Army's power. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Victor Harmatiuk

Final zone distribution

48 instances

37.5%

Battlefield

35.4%

Graveyard

10.4%

Exile

16.7%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

217 brought · 103 players

Brought to game

217

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 53% 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.

≥ -17.2pp

Players who cast this card win 17% of the time (n=26) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=125).

Observed gap -7.3pp; 95% confidence interval -17.2pp to +2.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=34

29%

47%

T6-9

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 11

On curve 15% (3 / 34 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 42%

34 of 100 times cast 34%

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