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Harbinger of the Hunt

{3} {R} {G} · Creature — Dragon · Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Times Brought
219
Decks Running
118
In Decks
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Decklist Inclusion
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Format

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

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Harbinger of the Hunt card

Harbinger of the Hunt

{3} {R} {G}
Creature — Dragon
Flying {2}{R}: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature without flying. {2}{G}: This creature deals 1 damage to each other creature with flying.
5 / 3
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) · Rare · Illustrated by Aaron Miller

Final zone distribution

42 instances
2.4%
Library
35.7%
Battlefield
14.3%
Graveyard
47.6%
Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

219 brought · 115 players
Brought to game
219
Ever drawn
40
Reached battlefield
22
Still on board at game end
15

Once cast, 68% 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.

≥ -6.1pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=18) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=116).

Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.

Observed gap +6.0pp; 95% confidence interval -6.1pp to +18.1pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=22
0%
T1
0%
T2
5%
T3
5%
T4
14%
T5
73%
T6-9
5%
T10+
Median 6.0 P25 6 · P75 7 · max 13
On curve 23% (3 / 22 cast on T5) Cast same turn as drawn 20%

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?
Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. 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. Playgroup has recorded 730,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.