Live Play Data

Soul Manipulation

· Instant · Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

117

Decks Running

Median Cast Turn

—

Drawn → Played

—

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

First-cast turn

n=8

Not enough observed casts yet to show a reliable distribution.

The "good card" funnel

117 brought · 55 players

Brought to game

117

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Final zone distribution

28 instances

3.6%

Library

3.6%

Battlefield

57.1%

Graveyard

7.1%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief 13 decks
2 Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge 3 decks
3 Nekusar, the Mindrazer 3 decks
4 Phenax, God of Deception 3 decks
5 Sivitri, Dragon Master 3 decks
6 Fire Lord Azula 2 decks
7 Jon Irenicus, Shattered One 2 decks
8 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen 2 decks
9 Umbris, Fear Manifest 2 decks
10 Crosis, the Purger 1 decks

Card text

Soul Manipulation

Instant

Choose one or both — • Counter target creature spell. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Carl Critchlow

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 730,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.