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Solar Transformer

· Artifact · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)

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Times Brought

Decks Running

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

Solar Transformer

Artifact

This artifact enters tapped. When this artifact enters, you get {E}

(three energy counters). {T}

: Add

, Pay

: Add one mana of any color.

Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Mike Bierek

Final zone distribution

25 instances

Not enough tracked games yet to show a reliable final-zone breakdown.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Satya, Aetherflux Genius 16 decks
2 Saheeli, Radiant Creator 10 decks
3 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 2 decks
4 Liberty Prime, Recharged 2 decks
5 Marvo, Deep Operative 2 decks
6 Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic 2 decks
7 Sméagol, Helpful Guide 2 decks
8 Black Cat, Cunning Thief 1 decks
9 Cayth, Famed Mechanist 1 decks
10 Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

95 brought · 59 players

Brought to game

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 90% 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.

≥ -20.7pp

Players who cast this card win 13% of the time (n=18) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=57).

Observed gap -9.0pp; 95% confidence interval -20.7pp to +2.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=20

15%

25%

15%

20%

25%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 9

On curve 40% (5 / 20 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 50%

20 of 100 times cast 20%

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 650,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.