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Sonic Screwdriver

{3} · Artifact · Doctor Who (WHO)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
228
Decks Running
87
In Decks
771
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format

Final zone distribution

68 instances
1.5%
Library
67.6%
Battlefield
16.2%
Graveyard
4.4%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

228 brought · 77 players
Brought to game
228
Ever drawn
64
Reached battlefield
51
Still on board at game end
46

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.

≥ -6.7pp

Players who cast this card win 21% of the time (n=51) , vs 16% when it never left the library (n=156).

Observed gap +4.4pp; 95% confidence interval -6.7pp to +15.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=51
2%
T1
6%
T2
27%
T3
18%
T4
12%
T5
29%
T6-9
6%
T10+
Median 4 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 13
On curve 35% (14 / 51 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 38%
51 of 100 times cast 51%

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.