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Pitiless Plunderer

· Creature — Human Pirate · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

437

Decks Running

242

In Decks

2469

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

126 instances

0.8%

Library

31.0%

Battlefield

37.3%

Graveyard

5.6%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Terra, Herald of Hope 14 decks
2 Caesar, Legion's Emperor 11 decks
3 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel 10 decks
4 Silverquill, the Disputant 10 decks
5 Teysa Karlov 9 decks
6 Chatterfang, Squirrel General 8 decks
7 Dina, Essence Brewer 8 decks
8 Mr. House, President and CEO 8 decks
9 Shadow the Hedgehog 6 decks
10 Ygra, Eater of All 6 decks

The "good card" funnel

442 brought · 204 players

Brought to game

442

Ever drawn

107

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 58% 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.

≥ -1.1pp

Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=67) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=301).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 31% (n=36) — 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 +10.7pp; 95% confidence interval -1.1pp to +22.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=67

15%

10%

42%

T6-9

21%

T10+

Median 7 P25 4 · P75 9 · max 18

On curve 27% (10 / 67 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 37%

67 of 100 times cast 67%

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.