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Skyline Despot

{5} {R} {R} · Creature — Dragon · Commander Masters (CMM)
Times Brought
588
Decks Running
289
In Decks
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Decklist Inclusion
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Format

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

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Skyline Despot card

Skyline Despot

{5} {R} {R}
Creature — Dragon
Flying When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
5 / 5
Commander Masters (CMM) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Lucas Graciano

Final zone distribution

124 instances
1.6%
Library
38.7%
Battlefield
17.7%
Graveyard
7.3%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

588 brought · 277 players
Brought to game
588
Ever drawn
116
Reached battlefield
71
Still on board at game end
48

Once cast, 68% 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.

≥ -1.7pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=55) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=319).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 22% (n=34).

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 +5.3pp; 95% confidence interval -1.7pp to +12.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=71
3%
T1
0%
T2
1%
T3
7%
T4
18%
T5
59%
T6-9
11%
T10+
Median 6 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 13
On curve 72% (13 / 71 cast on T7) Cast same turn as drawn 29%

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 750,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.