Live Play Data

The Great Henge

· Legendary Artifact · Commander Masters (CMM)

10%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1061

Decks Running

533

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

66%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

35% of games where The Great Henge resolved ended in a win for its controller, compared to 26% when it stayed in the library. That +8.9-point lift across 157 cast instances is the clearest signal in its data.

The Great Henge sits in 10% of the 5531 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, and the games where it resolves look meaningfully different from those where it doesn't. Controllers who cast it win 35% of the time; when it stays in the library, that figure drops to 26%.

The card's nominal cost is {7}{G}{G}, but almost no one pays nine mana for it. 94% of first casts landed ahead of the formal mana-value curve, meaning the creature-power discount is doing real work. The median first cast arrives on turn 6, and when a copy reaches a player's hand, 66% of those copies are cast before the game ends. Players who do draw it don't tend to sit on it: 43% of drawn-and-cast copies were cast on the very same turn they were drawn.

The commander distribution is well spread. 420 distinct players have brought The Great Henge to a tracked game, and no single contributor accounts for more than a small slice of the data. The top commanders skew toward high-power creature strategies: The Ur-Dragon, Pantlaza, and Gishath lead the list, each pairing naturally with the Henge's cost-reduction and enter-the-battlefield trigger package.

At a glance

10% of tracked Commander decks include The Great Henge
T6 median first-cast turn, well ahead of its printed 9 mana cost
94% of first casts arrived ahead of the mana-value curve, driven by the power discount
66% of drawn copies were cast before the game ended
43% of drawn-and-cast copies were cast the same turn they were drawn
77% battlefield stickiness once it resolves

First-cast turn

n=163

19%

66%

T6-9

T10+

Median 6 P25 5 · P75 8 · max 13

On curve 94% (15 / 163 cast on T9) Cast same turn as drawn 43%

The "good card" funnel

1062 brought · 420 players

Brought to game

1062

Ever drawn

248

Reached battlefield

163

Still on board at game end

126

66%

Of 1062 copies brought to games, 248 were drawn, 163 of those were cast, and 77% of resolved copies stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +1.7pp

Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=157) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=736).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 24% (n=75) — 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 +8.9pp; 95% confidence interval +1.7pp to +16.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

270 instances

3.3%

Library

46.7%

Battlefield

19.6%

Graveyard

5.2%

Exile

Most The Great Henge copies tracked on Playgroup Live finished on the battlefield or in hand. The library bucket is small relative to typical singletons because the observed-instance filter focuses on games where the card was actively seen or moved.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 22 decks
2 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 21 decks
3 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 15 decks
4 Bello, Bard of the Brambles 10 decks
5 Ghalta, Primal Hunger 10 decks
6 Voja, Jaws of the Conclave 10 decks
7 Bruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk 9 decks
8 Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep 8 decks
9 Jodah, the Unifier 7 decks
10 Kibo, Uktabi Prince 7 decks

The top ten commanders span five different color combinations, with the heaviest cluster in Naya creature strategies. The spread across 420 unique players means no single archetype is inflating the numbers.

Frequently Asked

How often is The Great Henge drawn in a Commander game?

Across 988 tracked games where The Great Henge was in a deck, the draw rate was 23%. That is consistent with a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 248 copies that reached a player's hand, 66% were cast before the game concluded. The remainder mostly reflects games that ended before the player could deploy it, not a strategic choice to hold it.

What turn does The Great Henge typically hit the battlefield?

Median first cast is turn 6, with the middle 50% of casts falling between turns 5 and 8. The printed cost is nine mana, but the power-based discount compresses that dramatically. 94% of the 163 tracked casts landed ahead of the formal curve. Only a small fraction arrived behind it, suggesting players who draw it early can almost always find a large enough creature to reduce the cost.

Does casting The Great Henge actually improve your win rate?

The data shows a +8.9-point win-rate lift when comparing games where it was cast (35%, n=157) against games where it stayed in the library (26%, n=736). Both sample sizes are well above the threshold where a directional read is reliable. The lower bound of the confidence interval sits just above zero, so the signal is consistent but should still be read as directional rather than definitive across the broader meta.

Which commanders most commonly run The Great Henge?

The Ur-Dragon, Pantlaza Sun-Favored, and Gishath Sun's Avatar lead the tracked data. All three are creature-heavy strategies that generate large bodies early, which directly fuels the Henge's cost-reduction. Mono-green commanders like Ghalta, Primal Hunger also appear, and creature-wide strategies such as Voja and Bello round out the top ten. The spread across 420 unique players suggests the card is not skewed by a single playgroup.

Is The Great Henge legal in Commander?

Yes. The Great Henge is legal and unrestricted in Commander, as well as in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. There are no Commander-format bans or restrictions on it.

How sticky is The Great Henge once it resolves?

77% of resolved copies remained on the battlefield through end of game. As a legendary artifact with no inherent protection, it can be hit by artifact removal, but the data suggests it survives in most games where it lands. Players who resolve it on turn 6 with a large creature already in play are often far enough ahead that opponents cannot answer both threats simultaneously.