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Sword of the Animist

· Legendary Artifact — Equipment · Commander Masters (CMM)

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Times Brought

721

Decks Running

368

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

146 instances

2.7%

Library

68.5%

Battlefield

8.9%

Graveyard

4.1%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 54 decks
2 T'Challa, the Black Panther 36 decks
3 Giada, Font of Hope 19 decks
4 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 9 decks
5 Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man 8 decks
6 Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer 7 decks
7 Captain America, First Avenger 7 decks
8 Galea, Kindler of Hope 7 decks
9 Lightning, Army of One 7 decks
10 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 6 decks

The "good card" funnel

721 brought · 299 players

Brought to game

721

Ever drawn

142

Reached battlefield

115

Still on board at game end

100

Once cast, 87% 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.

≥ -2.9pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=101) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=492).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 24% (n=23) — 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 +2.2pp; 95% confidence interval -2.9pp to +7.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=115

14%

16%

10%

14%

34%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 15

On curve 30% (18 / 115 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 44%

944 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.