Live Play Data
Hindering Light
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Instant
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Shards of Alara (ALA)
1%
Live Inclusion
Times Brought
128
Decks Running
63
Median Cast Turn
—
Drawn → Played
19%
Format
First-cast turn
n=6Not enough observed casts yet to show a reliable distribution.
The "good card" funnel
128 brought · 63 playersBrought to game
128
Ever drawn
32
Reached battlefield
6
Still on board at game end
0
Final zone distribution
35 instances2.9%
Library
31.4%
Graveyard
2.9%
Exile
62.9%
Hand
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Zur the Enchanter
6 decks
-
2
Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings
4 decks
-
3
Aragorn, the Uniter
3 decks
-
4
Whtz, the Bibliophile
3 decks
-
5
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
2 decks
-
6
Bard, King of Dale
2 decks
-
7
Brago, King Eternal
2 decks
-
8
Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate
2 decks
-
9
Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
2 decks
-
10
Rafiq of the Many
2 decks
Card text
Hindering Light
Instant
Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.
Shards of Alara (ALA)
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Common
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Illustrated by Chris Rahn
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 700,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.