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· Instant · Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ)

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Times Brought

1570

Decks Running

809

In Decks

—

Decklist Inclusion

—

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

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

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— Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. + {1}

— Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Eli Minaya

Final zone distribution

319 instances

1.6%

Library

6.0%

Battlefield

38.6%

Graveyard

7.5%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Krenko, Mob Boss 39 decks
2 Kratos, God of War 29 decks
3 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 28 decks
4 Fire Lord Azula 27 decks
5 Smaug the Impenetrable 27 decks
6 Queen Marchesa 22 decks
7 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 21 decks
8 Magda, Brazen Outlaw 20 decks
9 Vivi Ornitier 16 decks
10 Prismari, the Inspiration 15 decks

The "good card" funnel

1572 brought · 696 players

Brought to game

1572

Ever drawn

291

Reached battlefield

121

Still on board at game end

≥ -7.2pp

Players who cast this card win 24% of the time (n=93) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=908).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 26% (n=133).

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 -1.8pp; 95% confidence interval -7.2pp to +3.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=121

14%

12%

61%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 7 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 21

On curve 0% (0 / 121 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 20%

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.