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The Black Gate
Legendary Land — Gate
·
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
2%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
160
Decks Running
98
In Decks
1083
Decklist Inclusion
2%
Format
Final zone distribution
38 instances2.6%
Library
73.7%
Battlefield
5.3%
Exile
18.4%
Hand
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Sauron, the Dark Lord
17 decks
-
2
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
15 decks
-
3
Lord of the Nazgûl
5 decks
-
4
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
3 decks
-
5
Betor, Ancestor's Voice
3 decks
-
6
Child of Alara
3 decks
-
7
Saruman, the White Hand
3 decks
-
8
Magar of the Magic Strings
2 decks
-
9
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
2 decks
-
10
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
2 decks
The "good card" funnel
161 brought · 87 playersBrought to game
161
Ever drawn
36
Reached battlefield
28
Still on board at game end
28
Once cast, 100% 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.
≥ -13.1pp
Players who cast this card win 22% of the time (n=26) , vs 19% when it never left the library (n=121).
Observed gap +2.6pp; 95% confidence interval -13.1pp to +18.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=28
29%
T1
11%
T2
7%
T3
4%
T4
11%
T5
25%
T6-9
14%
T10+
Median
4.5
P25
1
· P75
8
· max
16
Cast same turn as drawn
73%
28 of 100 times cast
28%
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.