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Waste Not

· Enchantment · Commander 2016 (C16)

Decklist Inclusion

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Times Brought

126

Decks Running

In Decks

747

Decklist Inclusion

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Final zone distribution

31 instances

54.8%

Battlefield

29.0%

Graveyard

3.2%

Exile

12.9%

Hand

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin 12 decks
2 Nekusar, the Mindrazer 11 decks
3 Dr. Eggman 7 decks
4 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern 6 decks
5 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar 6 decks
6 Winter, Misanthropic Guide 5 decks
7 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen 2 decks
8 Tinybones, Trinket Thief 2 decks
9 Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal 2 decks
10 Ayara, First of Locthwain 1 decks

The "good card" funnel

128 brought · 64 players

Brought to game

128

Ever drawn

Reached battlefield

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 68% 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.

≥ -12.4pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=24) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=88).

Observed gap +6.4pp; 95% confidence interval -12.4pp to +25.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=25

12%

28%

44%

T6-9

T10+

Median 5 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 15

On curve 16% (3 / 25 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 38%

25 of 100 times cast 25%

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.