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Rhystic Study

· Enchantment · Jumpstart 2022 (J22)

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Times Brought

8171

Decks Running

3652

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.

Card text

Rhystic Study

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}

Jumpstart 2022 (J22) · Rare · Illustrated by Tatiana Kirgetova

Final zone distribution

1986 instances

2.7%

Library

56.6%

Battlefield

14.6%

Graveyard

5.5%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

8177 brought · 2077 players

Brought to game

8177

Ever drawn

1838

Reached battlefield

1331

Still on board at game end

1125

Once cast, 85% 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.

≥ +1.9pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=1046) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=4567).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 25% (n=381).

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 +3.5pp; 95% confidence interval +1.9pp to +5.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=1331

17%

20%

14%

12%

27%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 3 · P75 6 · max 31

On curve 41% (261 / 1331 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 39%

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 750,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.