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Imperial Recruiter

· Creature — Human Advisor · Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

307

Decks Running

169

In Decks

1374

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

83 instances

2.4%

Library

25.3%

Battlefield

37.3%

Graveyard

10.8%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Krenko, Mob Boss 8 decks
2 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 7 decks
3 Norin the Wary 7 decks
4 Arabella, Abandoned Doll 6 decks
5 Mr. House, President and CEO 5 decks
6 The Jolly Balloon Man 5 decks
7 Baylen, the Haymaker 4 decks
8 Marchesa, the Black Rose 4 decks
9 Terra, Herald of Hope 4 decks
10 Winota, Joiner of Forces 4 decks

The "good card" funnel

307 brought · 157 players

Brought to game

307

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 49% 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.

≥ +1.6pp

Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=43) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=209).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 38% (n=26) — 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 +15.6pp; 95% confidence interval +1.6pp to +29.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=43

23%

14%

40%

T6-9

T10+

Median 5 P25 4 · P75 7 · max 11

On curve 19% (4 / 43 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 36%

43 of 100 times cast 43%

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.