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Nykthos Paragon

{4} {W} {W} · Enchantment Creature — Human Soldier · Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
Times Brought
549
Decks Running
252
In Decks
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Decklist Inclusion
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Format

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

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Nykthos Paragon card

Nykthos Paragon

{4} {W} {W}
Enchantment Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.
4 / 6
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) · Rare · Illustrated by Martina Pilcerova

Final zone distribution

113 instances
2.7%
Library
40.7%
Battlefield
16.8%
Graveyard
2.7%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

549 brought · 232 players
Brought to game
549
Ever drawn
106
Reached battlefield
58
Still on board at game end
46

Once cast, 79% 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.

≥ +0.5pp

Players who cast this card win 34% of the time (n=38) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=317).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 14% (n=35).

Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.

Observed gap +8.5pp; 95% confidence interval +0.5pp to +16.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=58
0%
T1
0%
T2
2%
T3
3%
T4
16%
T5
57%
T6-9
22%
T10+
Median 7.0 P25 6 · P75 9 · max 19
On curve 47% (15 / 58 cast on T6) Cast same turn as drawn 31%

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 710,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.