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Troyan, Gutsy Explorer

{1} {G} {U} · Legendary Creature — Vedalken Scout · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Times Brought
345
Decks Running
190
In Decks
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Decklist Inclusion
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Format

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

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Troyan, Gutsy Explorer card

Troyan, Gutsy Explorer

{1} {G} {U}
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Scout
{T}: Add {G}{U}. Spend this mana only to cast spells with mana value 5 or greater or spells with {X} in their mana costs. {U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
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Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing

Final zone distribution

90 instances
5.6%
Library
41.1%
Battlefield
20.0%
Graveyard
3.3%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

345 brought · 179 players
Brought to game
345
Ever drawn
86
Reached battlefield
52
Still on board at game end
37

Once cast, 71% 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.

≥ -14.7pp

Players who cast this card win 22% of the time (n=45) , vs 29% when it never left the library (n=179).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 37% (n=25).

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 -6.6pp; 95% confidence interval -14.7pp to +1.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=52
0%
T1
12%
T2
15%
T3
19%
T4
8%
T5
38%
T6-9
8%
T10+
Median 5.0 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 13
On curve 27% (8 / 52 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 33%

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 740,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.