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Palantír of Orthanc

· Legendary Artifact · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

137

Decks Running

In Decks

843

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

44 instances

4.5%

Library

38.6%

Battlefield

36.4%

Graveyard

6.8%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Sauron, the Dark Lord 9 decks
2 Lorehold, the Historian 4 decks
3 Saruman of Many Colors 4 decks
4 Ardyn, the Usurper 2 decks
5 Magar of the Magic Strings 2 decks
6 Molecule Man 2 decks
7 Sauron, Lord of the Rings 2 decks
8 Witch-king of Angmar 2 decks
9 Akul the Unrepentant 1 decks
10 Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

138 brought · 74 players

Brought to game

138

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 77% 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 44% of the time (n=22) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=91).

Observed gap +19.8pp; 95% confidence interval -1.1pp to +40.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=22

23%

14%

T6-9

27%

T10+

Median 4.5 P25 3 · P75 10 · max 13

On curve 27% (5 / 22 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 45%

22 of 100 times cast 22%

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.