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Unsettled Mariner

{W} {U} · Creature — Shapeshifter · Modern Horizons (MH1)
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Times Brought
290
Decks Running
143
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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Unsettled Mariner card

Unsettled Mariner

{W} {U}
Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {1}.
2 / 2
Modern Horizons (MH1) · Rare · Illustrated by John Stanko

Final zone distribution

65 instances
1.5%
Library
50.8%
Battlefield
24.6%
Graveyard
4.6%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

290 brought · 153 players
Brought to game
290
Ever drawn
59
Reached battlefield
42
Still on board at game end
33

Once cast, 79% 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 38% of the time (n=36) , vs 22% when it never left the library (n=166).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 22% (n=15).

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 +15.5pp; 95% confidence interval +7.4pp to +23.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=42
2%
T1
21%
T2
10%
T3
14%
T4
14%
T5
33%
T6-9
5%
T10+
Median 5.0 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 13
On curve 24% (9 / 42 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 39%

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.