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#5 Izzet counterspell
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Instant
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Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)
Live Play Data
Ionize
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Instant
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Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)
0%
Live Inclusion
Times Brought
143
Decks Running
63
Median Cast Turn
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Drawn → Played
42%
Format
First-cast turn
n=14Not enough observed casts yet to show a reliable distribution.
The "good card" funnel
143 brought · 63 playersBrought to game
143
Ever drawn
33
Reached battlefield
14
Still on board at game end
1
Final zone distribution
34 instances2.9%
Battlefield
35.3%
Graveyard
8.8%
Exile
52.9%
Hand
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
8 decks
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2
Vivi Ornitier
5 decks
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3
Spider-Man 2099
4 decks
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4
Aragorn, the Uniter
3 decks
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5
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
3 decks
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6
Alania, Divergent Storm
2 decks
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7
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
2 decks
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8
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
2 decks
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9
Prismari, the Inspiration
2 decks
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10
Saruman, the White Hand
2 decks
Card text
Ionize
Instant
Counter target spell. Ionize deals 2 damage to that spell's controller.
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)
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Rare
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Illustrated by Chase Stone
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.