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Ruinous Ultimatum

· Sorcery · Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

320

Decks Running

167

In Decks

1569

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

89 instances

3.4%

Library

11.2%

Battlefield

39.3%

Graveyard

6.7%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Terra, Herald of Hope 23 decks
2 Mr. House, President and CEO 22 decks
3 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 17 decks
4 Caesar, Legion's Emperor 12 decks
5 Kaalia of the Vast 12 decks
6 Queen Marchesa 9 decks
7 Edgar Markov 7 decks
8 Jodah, Archmage Eternal 6 decks
9 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 5 decks
10 The Ur-Dragon 5 decks

The "good card" funnel

321 brought · 149 players

Brought to game

321

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ -1.7pp

Players who cast this card win 36% of the time (n=36) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=213).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=38) — 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 +13.6pp; 95% confidence interval -1.7pp to +28.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=37

68%

T6-9

27%

T10+

Median 8 P25 7 · P75 10 · max 16

On curve 35% (8 / 37 cast on T7) Cast same turn as drawn 17%

37 of 100 times cast 37%

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