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Thermo-Alchemist

· Creature — Human Shaman · Innistrad Remastered (INR)

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Times Brought

546

Decks Running

259

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.

Card text

Thermo-Alchemist

Creature — Human Shaman

Defender

: This creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, untap this creature.

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Innistrad Remastered (INR) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Raymond Swanland

Final zone distribution

126 instances

2.4%

Library

50.0%

Battlefield

27.8%

Graveyard

2.4%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph 42 decks
2 Rakdos, Lord of Riots 22 decks
3 Kardur, Doomscourge 18 decks
4 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power 18 decks
5 Abaddon the Despoiler 14 decks
6 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus 10 decks
7 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 10 decks
8 Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid 7 decks
9 Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot 7 decks
10 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 7 decks

The "good card" funnel

546 brought · 252 players

Brought to game

546

Ever drawn

120

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 66% 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.

≥ -4.5pp

Players who cast this card win 26% of the time (n=69) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=304).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 25% (n=17).

Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.

Observed gap +2.0pp; 95% confidence interval -4.5pp to +8.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=96

28%

11%

17%

32%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 15

On curve 29% (27 / 96 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 28%

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 770,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.