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Open the Way

· Sorcery · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

Decklist Inclusion

Times Brought

125

Decks Running

In Decks

361

Decklist Inclusion

Final zone distribution

126 instances

80.2%

Library

13.5%

Graveyard

1.6%

Exile

4.8%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst 47 decks
2 Witherbloom, the Balancer 4 decks
3 Zaxara, the Exemplary 3 decks
4 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait 1 decks
5 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder 1 decks
6 Child of Alara 1 decks
7 Gandalf, Westward Voyager 1 decks
8 Ghalta, Primal Hunger 1 decks
9 Hearthhull, the Worldseed 1 decks
10 Jorn, God of Winter // Kaldring, the Rimestaff 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

126 brought · 70 players

Brought to game

126

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

-4.5pp

Players who cast this card win 25% of the time (n=20) , vs 30% when it never left the library (n=99).

Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=20

10%

30%

10%

35%

T6-9

10%

T10+

Median 5.0 P25 4 · P75 7 · max 16

On curve 5% (1 / 20 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 25%

27 of 25 observed games 100%

Full analysis unlocks as more games are tracked. Stats refresh nightly.

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card? ▾

Playgroup Live has been collecting per-card gameplay data since 2023. 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.