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Pyre of Heroes

{2} · Artifact · Kaldheim (KHM)
Times Brought
308
Decks Running
162
In Decks
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Decklist Inclusion
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Format

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

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Pyre of Heroes card

Pyre of Heroes

{2}
Artifact
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card that shares a creature type with the sacrificed creature and has mana value equal to 1 plus that creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Kaldheim (KHM) · Rare · Illustrated by Piotr Dura

Final zone distribution

50 instances
4.0%
Library
52.0%
Battlefield
10.0%
Graveyard
8.0%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

308 brought · 154 players
Brought to game
308
Ever drawn
45
Reached battlefield
28
Still on board at game end
26

Once cast, 93% 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.

≥ -8.9pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=18) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=189).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 17% (n=15).

Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.

Observed gap +2.3pp; 95% confidence interval -8.9pp to +13.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=28
7%
T1
14%
T2
14%
T3
14%
T4
0%
T5
50%
T6-9
0%
T10+
Median 5.0 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 9
On curve 21% (4 / 28 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 40%

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?
Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. 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. Playgroup has recorded 760,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.