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Topography Tracker

{2} {G} · Creature — Merfolk Scout · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
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Times Brought
238
Decks Running
118
In Decks
—
Decklist Inclusion
—
Format
Multiplayer 1v1

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

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Topography Tracker card

Topography Tracker

{2} {G}
Creature — Merfolk Scout
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.") If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.
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The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) · Rare · Illustrated by Lindsey Look

Final zone distribution

54 instances
1.9%
Library
46.3%
Battlefield
20.4%
Graveyard
31.5%
Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

238 brought · 110 players
Brought to game
238
Ever drawn
53
Reached battlefield
31
Still on board at game end
25

Once cast, 81% 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.

≥ -7.4pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=28) , vs 28% when it never left the library (n=148).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 20% (n=16).

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 +2.7pp; 95% confidence interval -7.4pp to +12.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=31
3%
T1
16%
T2
6%
T3
19%
T4
10%
T5
42%
T6-9
3%
T10+
Median 5 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 10
On curve 26% (2 / 31 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 31%

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 760,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.