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Part of Murders at Karlov Manor
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Creature — Spirit
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
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Seedborn Muse
4%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
1027
Decks Running
522
In Decks
4150
Decklist Inclusion
4%
Format
Final zone distribution
268 instances3.0%
Library
42.5%
Battlefield
20.5%
Graveyard
7.8%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Felothar the Steadfast
44 decks
-
2
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
23 decks
-
3
Ms. Bumbleflower
22 decks
-
4
Baylen, the Haymaker
16 decks
-
5
Kenrith, the Returned King
15 decks
-
6
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
15 decks
-
7
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
13 decks
-
8
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
12 decks
-
9
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
9 decks
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10
Helga, Skittish Seer
8 decks
The "good card" funnel
1027 brought · 428 playersBrought to game
1027
Ever drawn
254
Reached battlefield
175
Still on board at game end
114
Once cast, 65% 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.
≥ +6.9pp
Players who cast this card win 39% of the time (n=165) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=673).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 31% (n=71) — 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 +14.2pp; 95% confidence interval +6.9pp to +21.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=175
0%
T1
0%
T2
6%
T3
11%
T4
18%
T5
47%
T6-9
18%
T10+
Median
6
P25
5
· P75
9
· max
18
On curve
35%
(32 / 175 cast on T5)
Cast same turn as drawn
39%
962 of 300 tracked games
99%
Full analysis unlocks as more games are tracked. Stats refresh nightly.
Frequently Asked
Why isn't there more data on this card?
Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Basic play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games; the full deep-dive page needs a larger, more diverse sample (at least 300 tracked games played by 10 or more different pilots, with no single pilot over 40 percent of the copies). 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 640,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.