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Pyretic Ritual

· Instant · Magic 2011 (M11)

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Times Brought

239

Decks Running

120

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

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

Final zone distribution

55 instances

1.8%

Library

5.5%

Battlefield

58.2%

Graveyard

10.9%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 9 decks
2 Fire Lord Azula 7 decks
3 Prismari, the Inspiration 6 decks
4 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers 5 decks
5 Vivi Ornitier 5 decks
6 Krark, the Thumbless 4 decks
7 Kratos, God of War 3 decks
8 Krenko, Mob Boss 3 decks
9 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 3 decks
10 Rootha, Mastering the Moment 3 decks

The "good card" funnel

239 brought · 111 players

Brought to game

239

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ -8.1pp

Players who cast this card win 22% of the time (n=31) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=151).

Observed gap +1.1pp; 95% confidence interval -8.1pp to +10.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=37

14%

16%

11%

27%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 10

On curve 30% (6 / 37 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 51%

37 of 100 times cast 37%

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