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Past in Flames

· Sorcery · Modern Masters 2017 (MM3)

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Times Brought

459

Decks Running

252

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

118 instances

5.1%

Library

4.2%

Battlefield

39.0%

Graveyard

9.3%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Zada, Hedron Grinder 50 decks
2 Abaddon the Despoiler 21 decks
3 Fire Lord Azula 16 decks
4 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy 15 decks
5 Vivi Ornitier 15 decks
6 Magnus the Red 11 decks
7 Krenko, Mob Boss 9 decks
8 The Scarlet Witch 8 decks
9 Be'lakor, the Dark Master 6 decks
10 Prismari, the Inspiration 6 decks

The "good card" funnel

459 brought · 234 players

Brought to game

459

Ever drawn

108

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ +2.7pp

Players who cast this card win 31% of the time (n=27) , vs 19% when it never left the library (n=254).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 26% (n=54).

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 +12.1pp; 95% confidence interval +2.7pp to +21.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=35

11%

57%

T6-9

23%

T10+

Median 7 P25 6 · P75 9 · max 14

On curve 9% (1 / 35 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 53%

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 680,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.