Live Play Data

Patchwork Banner

· Artifact · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1730

Decks Running

933

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

74%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Patchwork Banner appears in 5% of tracked Commander decks and resolves 74% of the time it's drawn, landing on the battlefield with a median first-cast turn of 5.

Patchwork Banner is a colorless tribal staple from the Marvel Super Heroes Commander set. Across 1597 tracked multiplayer games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 933 of 17527 distinct decks, an 5% inclusion rate that reflects its narrow-but-dedicated tribal niche rather than broad staple status.

The cast funnel tells a clean story. Of 1730 copies brought to games, 406 were drawn. Of those, 299 reached the battlefield, a 74% draw-to-play rate. Once it resolves, 81% of copies survive through end of game, consistent with a low-threat artifact that opponents rarely prioritize removing. Median first cast lands on turn 5, one turn later than its mana cost suggests, indicating most players draw it after the opening hand rather than deploying it from turn three on curve.

The commander distribution confirms what the card text implies: Patchwork Banner is pulled toward tribal strategies across a wide range of creature types. Doctor Doom, Quintorius, Krenko, and Gishath each appear prominently in the top commanders list, covering Villains, Elephants, Goblins, and Dinosaurs respectively. With 737 distinct players contributing data and no single contributor exceeding 81% of instances, the dataset is well-spread and directionally reliable.

At a glance

5% of tracked Commander decks include Patchwork Banner
74% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T5 median first-cast turn, one behind its 3-mana cost
81% battlefield stickiness once cast
737 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game
34% of casts land exactly on curve at turn 3

First-cast turn

n=299

25%

13%

12%

31%

T6-9

T10+

Median 5 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 16

On curve 34% (75 / 299 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 33%

The "good card" funnel

1730 brought · 737 players

Brought to game

1730

Ever drawn

406

Reached battlefield

299

Still on board at game end

243

74%

Of 1730 copies brought to games, 406 were drawn, 299 of those were cast, and 81% of resolved copies survived through end of game.

≥ -0.6pp

Players who cast this card win 28% of the time (n=274) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=1130).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 31% (n=96) — 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 +4.7pp; 95% confidence interval -0.6pp to +10.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

441 instances

3.4%

Library

55.1%

Battlefield

16.8%

Graveyard

6.1%

Exile

Most Patchwork Banners finish the game on the battlefield rather than in the library, a meaningful contrast with typical singleton cards and a sign that when players draw it, it tends to stick.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 106 decks
2 Quintorius, History Chaser 53 decks
3 Krenko, Mob Boss 29 decks
4 Cosmic Spider-Man 22 decks
5 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 22 decks
6 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 15 decks
7 Giada, Font of Hope 13 decks
8 Edgar Markov 12 decks
9 Marrow-Gnawer 12 decks
10 Shroofus Sproutsire 12 decks

Doctor Doom leads by a wide margin in raw deck count, but the top-10 list spans at least eight distinct creature types, showing how broadly the card's tribal utility distributes across the Commander meta.

Card text

Patchwork Banner

Artifact

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}

: Add one mana of any color.

Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Bartek Fedyczak

Frequently Asked

How often is Patchwork Banner drawn in a Commander game?

In 1597 tracked games where Patchwork Banner was in the deck, it was drawn 23% of the time. That figure is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck and reflects nothing unusual about the card itself. Of 406 copies that reached a player's hand, 74% were cast before the game ended.

What turn does Patchwork Banner typically hit the battlefield?

Median first-cast turn is 5, just behind the card's 3-mana cost. The distribution is front-loaded: the mode is turn 3 and the bulk of casts cluster between turns 3 and 7. The gap between cost and median mostly reflects players drawing the card after their opening hand. When players do have it early, 33% of drawn copies are cast on the same turn they're drawn.

Does casting Patchwork Banner improve a player's win rate?

There is an early directional signal. Win rate in participations where Patchwork Banner was cast is 28%, compared to 24% when the card stayed in the library all game. The gap is +4.7 percentage points. However, the lower bound of the confidence interval is slightly negative, so this should be read as consistent-but-not-conclusive on the current sample. Decks that include tribal synergy pieces tend to be more coherent, which may partly explain the lift.

Is Patchwork Banner legal in Commander?

Yes. Patchwork Banner is legal in Commander, as well as in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, and several Brawl variants. It is not legal in Pauper, Pauper Commander, Premodern, or Old School formats. Its colorless identity means it can slot into any Commander deck that has a matching creature type, regardless of color.

Which commanders most commonly play Patchwork Banner?

Doctor Doom, King of Latveria leads the tracked dataset by a substantial margin, followed by Quintorius, History Chaser, and Krenko, Mob Boss. The spread across Goblins, Elephants, Dinosaurs, Squirrels, Slivers, Vampires, and Angels illustrates the card's core appeal: a colorless +1/+1 anthem plus a mana rock fits cleanly into any tribal shell regardless of color identity.

How concentrated is the Patchwork Banner data among specific players?

The dataset is well-spread. 737 distinct players have brought this card to at least one tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 81% of all instances. That breadth adds credibility to the directional signals in the win-rate and cast-turn data, even though the dataset remains modest in absolute terms.