Live Play Data

Ruby Medallion

· Artifact · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)

Deck Inclusion

Games Tracked

123

Decks Running

Median Cast Turn

3.5

Drawn → Played

74%

Ruby Medallion appears in 3.9% of tracked Commander decks, but when it reaches a player's hand, 75% of those copies are cast before the game ends, with a median first-cast turn of 3.

Ruby Medallion is a narrow but committed include: 3.9% inclusion across 1,682 tracked decks reflects its color-locked design, but within red-heavy pods it earns its slot. Of 24 instances drawn across 102 tracked games, 75% were cast before the game ended.

The draw-to-play rate of 75% is the key signal here. Players who draw Ruby Medallion cast it quickly: the median first-cast turn is 3, and 47% of drawn-and-cast copies were played the same turn they were drawn. That urgency makes sense. A {2} artifact that discounts every red spell you cast is worth deploying as early as possible to maximize the mana saved over the course of a game.

The cast-vs-library win-rate delta sits at +6.7 percentage points (35% win rate when cast vs. 28.3% when it stays in the library). Both buckets are too small for a strong conclusion, but the direction is consistent with what you'd expect from a cost-reduction engine in a red-centric deck. The commander distribution skews heavily toward Izzet ({R}{U}) commanders, with Galazeth Prismari leading at 17 decks.

At a glance

3.9% inclusion rate across all tracked Commander decks
75% of drawn Ruby Medallions are cast before the game ends
T3 median first-cast turn
47% of cast copies played the same turn they were drawn
+6.7pp win-rate delta when cast vs. staying in the library
75% battlefield stickiness once cast

First-cast turn

n=26

31%

12%

31%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3.5 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 10

On curve 31% (8 / 26 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 50%

The "good card" funnel

140 brought · 70 players

Brought to game

140

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

74%

Of 116 Ruby Medallions brought to games, 24 were drawn and 20 of those were cast, a 75% draw-to-play rate that shows players waste little time deploying it when they find it.

+8.6pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=26) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=105).

Final zone distribution

140 instances

77.1%

Library

15.0%

Battlefield

2.9%

Graveyard

0.7%

Exile

92 of 116 Ruby Medallions never left the library, a structural result of low inclusion rate and singleton variance rather than a reflection of the card's power when it does appear.

Top commanders running this card

by deck count

1 Krenko, Mob Boss 5 decks
2 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph 4 decks
3 Kratos, God of War 4 decks
4 Tannuk, Steadfast Second 4 decks
5 General Kreat, the Boltbringer 3 decks
6 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 3 decks
7 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame 2 decks
8 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno 2 decks
9 Judith, Carnage Connoisseur 2 decks
10 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 2 decks

The top-10 commander list skews heavily Izzet, with Galazeth Prismari alone accounting for 17 decks, signaling that Ruby Medallion finds its clearest home in artifact-friendly red-blue spellslinger builds.

Frequently Asked

How often is Ruby Medallion drawn in a Commander game? ▾

Across 116 deck-participations in 102 tracked games, Ruby Medallion was drawn 24 times, a draw rate of roughly 20.7%. That's broadly in line with the expected rate for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of those 24 drawn copies, 20 were cast, giving a draw-to-play rate of 75%.

What turn does Ruby Medallion typically hit the battlefield? ▾

Median first-cast turn is 3, with the 25th percentile at turn 2 and the 75th at turn 6. Eight of the 20 observed casts landed on turns 1 or 2, suggesting players prioritize it when they have an early draw. Only 6 of 20 casts were strictly on-curve for a 2-mana card, but 47% same-turn casting rate confirms players deploy it as soon as they draw it rather than holding it.

Does casting Ruby Medallion actually correlate with winning? ▾

In our early dataset, decks that cast Ruby Medallion won 35% of the time (7 of 20 games) versus 28.3% for decks where it stayed in the library (26 of 92 games). The +6.7 percentage-point delta is a directional signal, not a statistically conclusive finding. The cast bucket has only 20 observations, so treat this as an early indicator rather than settled evidence.

Which commanders most commonly run Ruby Medallion? ▾

Galazeth Prismari leads the tracked dataset with 17 decks, followed by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph and Magnus the Red at 6 each, and Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, Kratos, God of War, and Tannuk, Steadfast Second at 5 each. The strong Izzet ({R}{U}) presence reflects how naturally Ruby Medallion slots into spellslinger strategies that generate mana from artifacts.

Is Ruby Medallion legal in Commander? ▾

Yes. Ruby Medallion is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Oathbreaker, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. It has no ban-list history in Commander.

Why would you run Ruby Medallion over other mana rocks? ▾

Unlike generic rocks such as Sol Ring or Arcane Signet, Ruby Medallion does not tap for mana. Its value scales directly with how many red spells you cast per game. In a heavy-red deck that casts five or more red spells, it can generate more effective mana than a two-mana rock. The tradeoff is that it is useless in a game where you draw it late or have little left to cast, which the 47% same-turn cast rate suggests players understand and account for.