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Smothering Tithe

· Enchantment · Commander Masters (CMM)

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Times Brought

1256

Decks Running

611

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.

Final zone distribution

274 instances

2.6%

Library

52.9%

Battlefield

11.3%

Graveyard

8.4%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 25 decks
2 Giada, Font of Hope 23 decks
3 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 20 decks
4 Mr. House, President and CEO 12 decks
5 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV 11 decks
6 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 10 decks
7 Kenrith, the Returned King 10 decks
8 Marneus Calgar 10 decks
9 The First Sliver 9 decks
10 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 8 decks

The "good card" funnel

1258 brought · 406 players

Brought to game

1258

Ever drawn

252

Reached battlefield

171

Still on board at game end

145

Once cast, 85% 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.

≥ -3.4pp

Players who cast this card win 25% of the time (n=159) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=842).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 26% (n=74) — 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 +0.7pp; 95% confidence interval -3.4pp to +4.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=171

16%

20%

14%

29%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 18

On curve 51% (35 / 171 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 37%

1319 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.