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Three Steps Ahead

{U} · Instant · Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
132
Decks Running
75
In Decks
650
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format

Final zone distribution

42 instances
66.7%
Graveyard
11.9%
Exile
21.4%
Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

132 brought · 70 players
Brought to game
132
Ever drawn
35
Reached battlefield
24
Still on board at game end
0
≥ -2.5pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=24) , vs 17% when it never left the library (n=84).

Observed gap +16.7pp; 95% confidence interval -2.5pp to +35.9pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=24
0%
T1
4%
T2
8%
T3
21%
T4
13%
T5
46%
T6-9
8%
T10+
Median 6.0 P25 4 · P75 8 · max 11
On curve 0% (0 / 24 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 39%
24 of 100 times cast 24%

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.