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· Artifact — Book // Sorcery — Adventure · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

156

Decks Running

In Decks

749

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

38 instances

2.6%

Library

31.6%

Battlefield

26.3%

Graveyard

15.8%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 12 decks
2 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 8 decks
3 The Ur-Dragon 8 decks
4 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 6 decks
5 Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep 4 decks
6 Beluna Grandsquall // Seek Thrills 2 decks
7 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 2 decks
8 Kenessos, Priest of Thassa 2 decks
9 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 2 decks
10 Kruphix, God of Horizons 2 decks

The "good card" funnel

158 brought · 62 players

Brought to game

158

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 60% 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.

≥ +5.2pp

Players who cast this card win 43% of the time (n=20) , vs 20% when it never left the library (n=113).

Observed gap +22.9pp; 95% confidence interval +5.2pp to +40.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=20

20%

30%

35%

T6-9

T10+

Median 5.0 P25 4 · P75 9 · max 12

On curve 30% (4 / 20 cast on T4)

20 of 100 times cast 20%

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.