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Path of Ancestry

Land · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)
Times Brought
1681
Decks Running
1014
In Decks
Decklist Inclusion
Format

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

Final zone distribution

374 instances
1.1%
Library
73.5%
Battlefield
9.1%
Graveyard
2.1%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

1687 brought · 660 players
Brought to game
1687
Ever drawn
359
Reached battlefield
286
Still on board at game end
275

Once cast, 96% 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.

≥ -3.0pp

Players who cast this card win 25% of the time (n=283) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=1218).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 26% (n=66) — 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 +0.1pp; 95% confidence interval -3.0pp to +3.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=286
37%
T1
10%
T2
7%
T3
9%
T4
11%
T5
21%
T6-9
5%
T10+
Median 3.0 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 17
Cast same turn as drawn 70%
1567 of 300 tracked games 99%

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.