Live Play Data

Phyrexian Metamorph

· Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter · Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

824

Decks Running

425

Median Cast Turn

6.0

Drawn → Played

63%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Phyrexian Metamorph appears in 6% of tracked Commander decks, lands on the battlefield at a median turn 6.0, and 63% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends.

Phyrexian Metamorph sits in 425 of the 7624 distinct Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, an 6% inclusion rate that reflects its niche as a flexible clone rather than a universal staple. Its data is well-spread across 372 unique players, with the single heaviest contributor accounting for just 2% of all tracked instances.

The card plays like its design suggests: deliberate and mid-game. Median first cast lands on turn 6.0, and players who draw it typically hold it for a median of two turns before finding the right target. 63% of drawn copies eventually reach the battlefield. The rest go uncast, largely because games end before a suitable target appears or the window closes.

Blue artifact and artifact-creature commanders dominate its home decks. Inspirit, Kilo, Urza, and Tony Stark all rank near the top, pointing to a card that earns its slot by copying key artifacts and creatures in synergy-dense, blue-leaning artifact builds. At 57% stickiness, it survives to end-of-game at a rate that lags the top Commander staples but is reasonable for a clone that will often copy removal-attracting threats.

At a glance

6% of tracked Commander decks include Phyrexian Metamorph
T6.0 median first-cast turn, reflecting a deliberate mid-game role
63% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
57% battlefield stickiness once cast
372 unique players have brought it to a tracked game, a well-spread sample
26% draw rate, expected for a singleton in a 100-card deck

First-cast turn

n=136

10%

16%

12%

47%

T6-9

13%

T10+

Median 6.0 P25 4 · P75 8 · max 18

On curve 28% (22 / 136 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 28%

The "good card" funnel

824 brought · 372 players

Brought to game

824

Ever drawn

216

Reached battlefield

136

Still on board at game end

63%

Of 824 copies brought to games, 216 were drawn, 136 of those were cast, and just over half survived to end of game on the battlefield.

≥ -3.3pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=131) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=513).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 31% (n=77) — 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 +4.8pp; 95% confidence interval -3.3pp to +12.9pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

237 instances

4.2%

Library

32.9%

Battlefield

29.1%

Graveyard

7.2%

Exile

Most Phyrexian Metamorph instances that are never drawn stay in the library, which is expected for any singleton in a 100-card deck. Among observed copies, the split between graveyard and battlefield reflects the clone's vulnerability to removal once it copies a high-value target.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel 30 decks
2 Kilo, Apogee Mind 26 decks
3 Urza, Lord High Artificer 16 decks
4 Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man 14 decks
5 Aloy, Savior of Meridian 13 decks
6 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 12 decks
7 Mendicant Core, Guidelight 11 decks
8 Shorikai, Genesis Engine 10 decks
9 Mirko, Obsessive Theorist 9 decks
10 Dr. Eggman 6 decks

The top commanders skew heavily toward blue artifact strategies, with Inspirit, Kilo, Urza, and Tony Stark leading the list. The spread across ten distinct commanders suggests the card earns its slot in multiple archetypes rather than just one.

Frequently Asked

How often is Phyrexian Metamorph drawn in a Commander game?

Across 789 tracked multiplayer games where it was in the deck, Phyrexian Metamorph was drawn 26% of the time. That is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 216 instances that reached a player's hand, 63% were cast before the game concluded.

What turn does Phyrexian Metamorph usually get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 6.0, with the middle 50% of casts falling between turns 4 and 8. This reflects the card's conditional nature: players hold it until the right artifact or creature appears on the battlefield to copy. The hand-to-cast data confirms this, with a median of 2 turns spent in hand before casting.

Does casting Phyrexian Metamorph actually help you win?

The cast win rate is 32% across 131 observed participations where it reached the battlefield. The library win rate (games where it was never interacted with) is 27% across 513 participations. The gap is a directional early signal, but both sample sizes are still growing and the confidence interval spans zero, so treat this as a trend to watch rather than a firm conclusion.

Is Phyrexian Metamorph legal in Commander?

Yes. Phyrexian Metamorph is legal and unrestricted in Commander. It is also legal in Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, or Pauper Commander.

Which commanders most often run Phyrexian Metamorph?

In Playgroup Live data, Inspirit, Flagship Vessel and Kilo, Apogee Mind lead the list, followed by Urza, Lord High Artificer and Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man. The common thread is blue artifact strategies: these commanders generate or care about artifacts, making a clone that retains the artifact type especially valuable.

How reliable is this data?

The multiplayer dataset covers 789 tracked games and 136 total casts, spread across 372 unique players. No single player dominates the sample. These are real games tracked via Playgroup Live, not decklist scrapes, so the numbers reflect actual play patterns rather than constructed decklists. Treat all win-rate comparisons as directional signals at this sample size.