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Sword of the Animist

· Legendary Artifact — Equipment · Commander Masters (CMM)

Decklist Inclusion

Times Brought

238

Decks Running

147

In Decks

1082

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

59 instances

1.7%

Library

55.9%

Battlefield

15.3%

Graveyard

6.8%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 14 decks
2 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 9 decks
3 Giada, Font of Hope 8 decks
4 Lightning, Army of One 6 decks
5 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 3 decks
6 Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms 3 decks
7 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos 2 decks
8 Captain America, First Avenger 2 decks
9 Dihada, Binder of Wills 2 decks
10 Ezio Auditore da Firenze 2 decks

The "good card" funnel

241 brought · 131 players

Brought to game

241

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 89% 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 25% of the time (n=37) , vs 18% when it never left the library (n=175).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 16% (n=16) — 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.

95% confidence interval -7.1pp to +20.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=37

19%

16%

43%

T6-9

T10+

Median 6 P25 4 · P75 8 · max 11

On curve 19% (7 / 37 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 42%

59 of 25 observed games 100%

Full analysis unlocks as more games are tracked. Stats refresh nightly.

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card? ▾

Playgroup Live has been collecting per-card gameplay data since 2023. 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.