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Scheming Symmetry

· Sorcery · Core Set 2020 (M20)

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Times Brought

511

Decks Running

257

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

Scheming Symmetry

Sorcery

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Core Set 2020 (M20) · Rare · Illustrated by Seb McKinnon

Final zone distribution

122 instances

2.5%

Library

1.6%

Battlefield

57.4%

Graveyard

14.8%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

512 brought · 231 players

Brought to game

512

Ever drawn

103

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

≥ -6.5pp

Players who cast this card win 23% of the time (n=58) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=263).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 21% (n=26).

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 +0.6pp; 95% confidence interval -6.5pp to +7.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=68

13%

10%

15%

10%

28%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 3 · P75 6 · max 15

On curve 13% (9 / 68 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 47%

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.