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Pest Infestation

· Sorcery · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

420

Decks Running

214

In Decks

1505

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

101 instances

2.0%

Library

4.0%

Battlefield

63.4%

Graveyard

3.0%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Dina, Essence Brewer 59 decks
2 Hearthhull, the Worldseed 26 decks
3 Witherbloom, the Balancer 24 decks
4 Blech, Loafing Pest 15 decks
5 Ygra, Eater of All 8 decks
6 Zimone, Infinite Analyst 7 decks
7 Dina, Soul Steeper 6 decks
8 Beledros Witherbloom 5 decks
9 Zaxara, the Exemplary 5 decks
10 Chatterfang, Squirrel General 4 decks

The "good card" funnel

420 brought · 198 players

Brought to game

420

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ +0.4pp

Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=58) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=305).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 15% (n=34) — 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 +12.3pp; 95% confidence interval +0.4pp to +24.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=60

22%

53%

T6-9

13%

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 12

Cast same turn as drawn 37%

60 of 100 times cast 60%

Full analysis unlocks as more games are tracked. Stats refresh nightly.

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Why isn't there more data on this card?

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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.