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Ovika, Enigma Goliath

{5} {U} {R} · Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Nightmare · Foundations (FDN)
Times Brought
184
Decks Running
90
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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Ovika, Enigma Goliath card

Ovika, Enigma Goliath

{5} {U} {R}
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Nightmare
Flying Ward—{3}, Pay 3 life. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens, where X is the mana value of that spell. They gain haste until end of turn.
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Foundations (FDN) · Rare · Illustrated by Antonio José Manzanedo

Final zone distribution

57 instances
8.8%
Library
38.6%
Battlefield
21.1%
Graveyard
5.3%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

184 brought · 88 players
Brought to game
184
Ever drawn
52
Reached battlefield
31
Still on board at game end
22

Once cast, 71% 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.

≥ +2.6pp

Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=28) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=94).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 38% (n=18).

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 +12.2pp; 95% confidence interval +2.6pp to +21.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=92
0%
T1
1%
T2
4%
T3
20%
T4
22%
T5
49%
T6-9
4%
T10+
Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 7 · max 12
On curve 82% (17 / 92 cast on T7) Cast same turn as drawn 39%

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 760,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.