Live Play Data

Hindering Light

· Instant · Shards of Alara (ALA)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

245

Decks Running

113

Median Cast Turn

—

Drawn → Played

27%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

First-cast turn

n=14

Not enough observed casts yet to show a reliable distribution.

The "good card" funnel

245 brought · 109 players

Brought to game

245

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Final zone distribution

56 instances

3.6%

Library

1.8%

Battlefield

33.9%

Graveyard

5.4%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Card text

Hindering Light

Instant

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control. Draw a card.

Shards of Alara (ALA) · Common · 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 770,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.