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Game Changer
on the official Commander list
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Creature — Orc Archer
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
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Orcish Bowmasters
3%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
239
Decks Running
130
In Decks
1240
Decklist Inclusion
3%
Format
Final zone distribution
66 instances3.0%
Library
22.7%
Battlefield
30.3%
Graveyard
16.7%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Sauron, the Dark Lord
12 decks
-
2
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
7 decks
-
3
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
5 decks
-
4
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
4 decks
-
5
Winter, Misanthropic Guide
4 decks
-
6
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
3 decks
-
7
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
3 decks
-
8
Silverquill, the Disputant
3 decks
-
9
Caesar, Legion's Emperor
2 decks
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10
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
2 decks
The "good card" funnel
240 brought · 112 playersBrought to game
240
Ever drawn
57
Reached battlefield
38
Still on board at game end
15
Once cast, 39% 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.
≥ +3.1pp
Players who cast this card win 43% of the time (n=38) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=171).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 42% (n=18) — 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 +18.9pp; 95% confidence interval +3.1pp to +34.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=38
3%
T1
16%
T2
11%
T3
18%
T4
18%
T5
18%
T6-9
16%
T10+
Median
5.0
P25
3
· P75
7
· max
13
On curve
18%
(6 / 38 cast on T2)
Cast same turn as drawn
31%
38 of 100 times cast
38%
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.