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Live Play Data

Ruby Medallion

{2} · Artifact · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
4%
Live Inclusion
Buy on TCGplayer
Times Brought
1548
Decks Running
796
Median Cast Turn
3
Drawn → Played
82%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1

82% of drawn Ruby Medallions are cast before the game ends, and the median first-cast turn lands on turn 3, making it one of the earliest-deploying cost-reducers in red Commander.

Ruby Medallion sits in 4% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, a focused number that reflects its mono-red constraint. It appears in 796 of the 20720 distinct decks that have played a tracked game, and 82% of drawn copies reach the battlefield.

The cast-turn distribution tells the real story. Median first cast is turn 3, with a strong cluster on turns 1 and 2 from opening-hand keeps. Players who see this card early tend to slam it: 52% of drawn-and-cast instances were cast on the same turn they were drawn. That pattern is consistent with a card that is almost never held speculatively.

Ruby Medallion is colorless by identity, so any deck with a red commander can run it. In practice, the top commanders in the dataset are almost uniformly mono-red spell-heavy builds, from Krenko, Mob Boss goblin tokens to Zada, Hedron Grinder. The card's value scales directly with how many red spells a deck casts per game, which explains the tight clustering around those archetypes.

At a glance
  • 4% of tracked Commander decks include Ruby Medallion
  • 82% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
  • T3 median first-cast turn across all tracked games
  • 84% battlefield stickiness once Ruby Medallion resolves
  • 52% of drawn-and-cast instances were cast the same turn they were drawn
  • 647 distinct players have brought Ruby Medallion to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=309
12%
T1
25%
T2
14%
T3
12%
T4
9%
T5
23%
T6-9
6%
T10+
Median 3 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 15
On curve 36% (76 / 309 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 52%

The "good card" funnel

1552 brought · 647 players
Brought to game
1552
Ever drawn
376
Reached battlefield
309
Still on board at game end
259
82%

Of 1552 Ruby Medallions brought to tracked games, 376 were drawn, 309 of those were cast, and 84% of resolved copies remained on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ +0.7pp

Players who cast this card win 31% of the time (n=294) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=1009).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 31% (n=58) — about the same as leaving it in the library. Those players survived long enough to draw it, so the gap above is about the card resolving, not just about surviving.

Observed gap +6.2pp; 95% confidence interval +0.7pp to +11.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

410 instances
3.7%
Library
63.2%
Battlefield
16.6%
Graveyard
5.4%
Exile

Most Ruby Medallions that enter a game end on the battlefield, a sign of high stickiness once resolved; the library share is low because the observed pool skews toward interacted copies.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Krenko, Mob Boss leads by a wide margin, with Zada, Hedron Grinder and Kratos, God of War close behind; the top-10 list is almost entirely mono-red, reflecting how tightly Ruby Medallion fits spell-heavy red strategies.

Card text
Ruby Medallion card

Ruby Medallion

{2}
Artifact
Red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) · Rare · Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren

Frequently Asked

How often is Ruby Medallion drawn in a Commander game?
Across 1444 tracked games where Ruby Medallion was in the deck, it was drawn 24% of the time. That is typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 376 instances that reached a hand, 82% were cast before the game ended. The remainder is largely a game-length effect: copies drawn in the late game often have no time to resolve before the game concludes.
What turn does Ruby Medallion usually get cast?
Median first-cast turn is 3. The distribution clusters at turns 1 and 2 for opening-hand copies and spreads through mid-game for later draws. 52% of instances that were both drawn and cast were played the same turn they arrived in hand, a directional signal that players prioritize deploying it immediately rather than holding for a better moment.
Does casting Ruby Medallion correlate with winning?
In the current dataset, 31% of participations where Ruby Medallion was cast ended in a win for the caster, versus 25% when it stayed in the library. The +6.2 percentage-point gap is a consistent early signal, but the confidence interval on this sample still includes zero, so treat it as directional rather than conclusive.
Is Ruby Medallion legal in Commander?
Yes. Ruby Medallion is legal and unrestricted in Commander (and Duel Commander). It has no color identity, so it can slot into any deck whose commander has red in its color identity. It is also legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Historic, and several other formats.
Which commanders pair best with Ruby Medallion in the tracked data?
The top commanders in the dataset are Krenko, Mob Boss, Zada, Hedron Grinder, and Kratos, God of War. All three are mono-red or red-primary and cast a high volume of red spells per game, which maximizes the {1} discount. The broader list is overwhelmingly mono-red, reinforcing that Ruby Medallion rewards spell-dense red builds most.
How concentrated is the Ruby Medallion data across players?
The data is well-spread. 647 distinct players have brought Ruby Medallion to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for 24% of all instances. That breadth adds credibility to the aggregated stats, though the overall inclusion rate is still modest, so the card sees play across a wide range of players rather than being driven by a single enthusiast.