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Game Changer
on the MTG Commander Game Changers list
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Enchantment
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Iconic Masters (IMA)
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Necropotence
2%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
232
Decks Running
141
In Decks
1549
Decklist Inclusion
2%
Format
Final zone distribution
63 instances28.6%
Battlefield
23.8%
Graveyard
9.5%
Exile
38.1%
Hand
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
7 decks
-
2
Edgar Markov
6 decks
-
3
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
6 decks
-
4
Marrow-Gnawer
3 decks
-
5
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
3 decks
-
6
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
3 decks
-
7
Tymna the Weaver
3 decks
-
8
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
2 decks
-
9
Kaalia of the Vast
2 decks
-
10
Kenrith, the Returned King
2 decks
The "good card" funnel
233 brought · 114 playersBrought to game
233
Ever drawn
54
Reached battlefield
29
Still on board at game end
18
Once cast, 62% 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.
≥ -13.1pp
Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=27) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=161).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 33% (n=25) — 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 +5.2pp; 95% confidence interval -13.1pp to +23.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=29
7%
T1
3%
T2
10%
T3
7%
T4
38%
T5
21%
T6-9
14%
T10+
Median
5
P25
4
· P75
7
· max
19
On curve
21%
(3 / 29 cast on T3)
Cast same turn as drawn
40%
29 of 100 times cast
28%
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.