Live Play Data

Jet Medallion

· Artifact · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

777

Decks Running

452

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

75%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

4% of tracked Commander decks run Jet Medallion. When drawn, 75% of copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.0.

Jet Medallion earns its slot in mono-black and black-heavy Commander decks by cutting the cost of every black spell you cast. Across 737 tracked multiplayer games on Playgroup Live, the card sits in 452 of 12310 distinct decks, an 4% inclusion rate that reflects its niche but committed audience among black-identity players.

The draw-to-play rate of 75% is one of the stronger signals in the data: when a Jet Medallion actually reaches a player's hand, it finds its way to the battlefield at a high clip. Median first cast lands on turn 4.0, which for a 2-mana artifact tracks closely with on-curve deployment. Once it resolves, 87% stickiness shows opponents rarely prioritize removing it. The dataset spreads across 377 unique players, with no single contributor dominating the sample, which lends the early signal reasonable breadth.

Its colorless color identity means it fits any deck that runs black spells, though the reduction only applies to black cards, so the payoff scales directly with how black-dense a list is. The top commander pairings are almost all mono-black, confirming that players lean on it hardest when it discounts the most.

At a glance

4% of tracked Commander decks include Jet Medallion
75% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T4.0 median first-cast turn, right on its 2-mana curve
87% battlefield stickiness once it resolves
377 unique players in the dataset, well-spread across the sample
31% win rate in games where Jet Medallion was cast

First-cast turn

n=150

16%

23%

11%

31%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 13

On curve 39% (34 / 150 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 59%

The "good card" funnel

778 brought · 377 players

Brought to game

778

Ever drawn

200

Reached battlefield

150

Still on board at game end

130

75%

Of 778 Jet Medallions brought to games, 200 were drawn, 150 of those were cast, and 87% of resolved copies stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -0.9pp

Players who cast this card win 31% of the time (n=149) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=489).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 23% (n=47) — 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 +6.9pp; 95% confidence interval -0.9pp to +14.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

229 instances

1.7%

Library

56.8%

Battlefield

16.2%

Graveyard

6.1%

Exile

The large majority of Jet Medallions never leave the library in any given game, which is expected for a singleton in a 100-card deck. The cards that do surface show strong battlefield retention once they resolve.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel 28 decks
2 Marrow-Gnawer 23 decks
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 22 decks
4 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 14 decks
5 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern 12 decks
6 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar 9 decks
7 Edgar Markov 8 decks
8 Rat King, Verminister 8 decks
9 Ardyn, the Usurper 7 decks
10 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 7 decks

Nearly every commander in the top ten runs a black-only or black-primary color identity, confirming that Jet Medallion concentrates in decks where it discounts the most spells.

Frequently Asked

How often is Jet Medallion drawn in a Commander game?

In 737 tracked games where Jet Medallion was in a deck, it was drawn 26% of the time. That rate is consistent with what you'd expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 200 instances that reached a player's hand, 75% were cast before the game ended.

What turn does Jet Medallion typically get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 4.0, which for a 2-mana artifact is right on curve. The distribution front-loads on turns 1 and 2 when it shows up in the opening hand, then spreads across the mid-game for copies drawn later. The 39% on-curve rate reflects how often players don't have it in their opener rather than a decision to hold it, a pattern confirmed by the 59% same-turn cast rate among drawn copies.

Is Jet Medallion worth including outside of mono-black decks?

The top commanders in the tracked data are almost entirely mono-black or heavily black-weighted. Jet Medallion is a colorless artifact, so it's technically includable anywhere, but its cost reduction only applies to black spells. In two- or three-color decks with lighter black density, the discount fires less frequently and the 2-mana investment becomes harder to justify. The data reflects this: its strongest homes in the tracked sample are dedicated mono-black builds.

Is Jet Medallion legal in the formats I play?

Jet Medallion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Duel Commander, Historic, Timeless, Brawl, Gladiator, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Alchemy, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. It is the rare reprint from Modern Horizons 3 that unlocked Modern legality for a card originally printed in Tempest.

Does casting Jet Medallion actually improve your win rate?

In Playgroup Live's tracked data, the cast win rate is 31% compared to 25% when the card never left the library. The raw delta is directional but the confidence interval crosses zero on this sample size, so we treat it as an early signal rather than a conclusion. Both buckets have enough observations to be worth watching as the dataset grows.

How concentrated is Jet Medallion's data among players?

The dataset covers 377 unique players, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 2% of all tracked instances. That spread is a genuine strength of the sample: the play patterns you see here are not the habits of one or two prolific players, but a broad cross-section of the Playgroup Live community.