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Game Changer
on the MTG Commander Game Changers list
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Instant
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Dominaria Remastered (DMR)
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Mystical Tutor
4%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
623
Decks Running
308
In Decks
2850
Decklist Inclusion
4%
Format
Final zone distribution
194 instances3.1%
Library
2.1%
Battlefield
56.7%
Graveyard
17.5%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
11 decks
-
2
Urza, Lord High Artificer
9 decks
-
3
Fire Lord Azula
8 decks
-
4
Bruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk
6 decks
-
5
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
6 decks
-
6
Vivi Ornitier
6 decks
-
7
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
5 decks
-
8
Flubs, the Fool
5 decks
-
9
Kenrith, the Returned King
5 decks
-
10
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
5 decks
The "good card" funnel
623 brought · 227 playersBrought to game
623
Ever drawn
170
Reached battlefield
114
Still on board at game end
4
≥ +1.6pp
Players who cast this card win 36% of the time (n=111) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=408).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=55) — 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 +10.2pp; 95% confidence interval +1.6pp to +18.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=114
7%
T1
10%
T2
9%
T3
13%
T4
17%
T5
33%
T6-9
11%
T10+
Median
5.0
P25
3
· P75
7
· max
13
On curve
7%
(8 / 114 cast on T1)
Cast same turn as drawn
40%
530 of 300 tracked games
99%
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.