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Voltaic Key
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Artifact
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Magic 2011 (M11)
1%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
217
Decks Running
103
In Decks
712
Decklist Inclusion
1%
Format
Final zone distribution
73 instances2.7%
Library
61.6%
Battlefield
23.3%
Graveyard
2.7%
Exile
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games- 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence 10 decks
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2
Urza, Lord High Artificer
8 decks
- 3 Zhulodok, Void Gorger 8 decks
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4
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
7 decks
- 5 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog 3 decks
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6
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
3 decks
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7
Daretti, Scrap Savant
2 decks
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8
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
2 decks
- 9 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 2 decks
- 10 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter 2 decks
The "good card" funnel
217 brought · 93 playersBrought to game
217
Ever drawn
70
Reached battlefield
59
Still on board at game end
45
Once cast, 76% 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.
≥ +1.7pp
Players who cast this card win 43% of the time (n=53) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=133).
Observed gap +15.6pp; 95% confidence interval +1.7pp to +29.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
First-cast turn
n=59
22%
T1
8%
T2
5%
T3
10%
T4
12%
T5
36%
T6-9
7%
T10+
Median
5
P25
2
· P75
7
· max
13
On curve
22%
(13 / 59 cast on T1)
Cast same turn as drawn
68%
59 of 100 times cast
59%
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. Playgroup has recorded 630,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live subset of that corpus.