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Past in Flames

· Sorcery · Modern Masters 2017 (MM3)

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Times Brought

774

Decks Running

419

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.

Card text

Past in Flames

Sorcery

Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. Flashback {4}

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) · Mythic · Illustrated by Anna Steinbauer

Final zone distribution

198 instances

4.0%

Library

7.6%

Battlefield

34.8%

Graveyard

10.1%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Zada, Hedron Grinder 75 decks
2 Abaddon the Despoiler 42 decks
3 Fire Lord Azula 24 decks
4 Vivi Ornitier 24 decks
5 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy 21 decks
6 Krenko, Mob Boss 16 decks
7 Magnus the Red 15 decks
8 The Scarlet Witch 14 decks
9 Rowan, Scion of War 10 decks
10 Be'lakor, the Dark Master 7 decks

The "good card" funnel

776 brought · 387 players

Brought to game

776

Ever drawn

183

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ +3.4pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=58) , vs 20% when it never left the library (n=424).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 24% (n=87).

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 +10.1pp; 95% confidence interval +3.4pp to +16.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=68

13%

50%

T6-9

25%

T10+

Median 7.0 P25 6 · P75 10 · max 14

On curve 12% (4 / 68 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 45%

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.