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Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Legendary Land · Theros (THS)

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Times Brought

725

Decks Running

376

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

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

Final zone distribution

165 instances

1.8%

Library

69.1%

Battlefield

9.7%

Graveyard

3.6%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Giada, Font of Hope 23 decks
2 Krenko, Mob Boss 20 decks
3 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 11 decks
4 Kratos, God of War 10 decks
5 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel 10 decks
6 Ghalta, Primal Hunger 8 decks
7 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno 7 decks
8 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer 6 decks
9 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 6 decks
10 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines 5 decks

The "good card" funnel

730 brought · 276 players

Brought to game

730

Ever drawn

150

Reached battlefield

116

Still on board at game end

114

Once cast, 98% 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.

≥ -1.1pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=106) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=472).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 27% (n=28) — 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 +3.9pp; 95% confidence interval -1.1pp to +8.9pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=116

17%

11%

13%

16%

15%

22%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 47%

822 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.