Season 1 Analytics
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- Survey
- Rosters
Concluding our first-ever EDH Draft League, this page offers insights and analytics on data that was collected during and after the season. Our draft league was directly inspired by Sheldon Menery's EDH Rotisserie Draft. For those that didn't participate in our league we have a brief rules page, as well as a quick run-down:
The EDH Draft League is a running weekly event during a "season". A group of players began the league by drafting colors to form an exclusive three-color shard/wedge identity. Afterwards, players drafted a pool of three possible commanders in their identity. Following that, the actual draft began. This website was created to facilitate the asynchronous drafting of 768 cards over a two-week period. Each player drafted a pool of 96 cards from all EDH legal cards in existence; proxies were made for unowned cards. Picks were zero-sum; there was only a single copy of each card to be chosen. Once the draft was complete, we played weekly two-game nights using a points system in four-player pods. Players earned points for kills, winning the game, and for votes. Each player voted for their favorite play of the game or best player at the end of each match. Points were averaged over games played; roughly twenty-five matches over nine weeks.
I've removed names in favor of keeping everyone as anonymous as possible, so players are referred to by their commander. Our playgroup consists of mostly casual players with a good mix of all three player profiles. Here are the final average points-per-game and total points for each player, in order of place finish.
- Derevi Enchantress - 3.646 PPG / 87.5 total. Winner!
- Mimeoplasm Combo - 2.991 PPG / 56.8 total
- Alesha Stoneforger - 2.953 PPG / 73.8 total
- Hazezon Tamar Swarm - 2.933 PPG / 73.3 total
- Karador Combo - 2.929 PPG / 76.2 total
- Nekusar Wheels - 2.707 PPG / 67.7 total
- Maelstrom Wanderer Combo - 2.278 PPG / 61.5 total
- Zur Combo-Control - 1.739 PPG / 40.0 total
Last but not least, here are the complete spreadsheets of collected data in read-only mode:
Spreadsheet #1
Spreadsheet #2
Draft Data
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768 cards drafted over two weeks, done in a snake. Below are insights we extracted from the numbers. Additionally, it would be a shame if we didn't list the first picks of the entire draft!
- Cyclonic Rift (Malestrom Wanderer)
- Sol Ring (Derevi)
- Skullclamp (Alesha)
- Life From the Loam (Karador)
- Waste Not (Nekusar)
- Deadeye Navigator (Mimeoplasm)
- Chromatic Lantern (Hazezon)
- Mana Crypt (Zur)
Colors Drafted
Breakdown of all cards drafted by color. Color was derived from converted cost with the exception of suspend cards which were adjusted manually. Gold cards were grouped together as a whole to avoid bloating the graph with combinations.
Types Drafted
Breakdown of all cards drafted by card type. Only super-types were counted, and "tribal" was excluded. Multiple supertypes were grouped accordingly:
- All creature types were grouped under Creature. This includes Artifact Creatures, etc.
- The Artifacts category was reserved for pure artifacts.
- Enchantments category included Enchantment Artifacts, but not Enchantment Creatures.
Converted Cost
Total number of drafted cards by converted mana cost. Lands were excluded. Split cards were categorized by total CMC. The highlander award goes to Hazezon for drafting the only 11 CMC spell, Worldspine Wurm.
Deck Prices
Aggregate costs in USD of paper versions of everyone's drafted pool. Prices were rounded up to the nearest dollar. Zur's deck cost over $1,000 more than the second place deck! Top three expensive cards drafted in order of price were The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (Zur), Imperial Seal (Alesha), and Timetwister (Maelstrom).
Tournament Data
The tournament portion spanned roughly twenty-five matches over a course of three months. The official kick-off was June 16th, 2016. The final showdown was September 15th, 2016. Here's are the numbers!
Trending Points
Line graph showing the overall trend of points-per-game average accumulated during the tournament. Y-axis is average PPG. Shoutout to Mimeoplasm and the Sultai-Rollercoaster.
Total Points
Total points scored over the course of the league. Divided by games played for PPG.
Total Kills
Number of player kills scored overall.
Total Votes
Total votes earned over the course of the league. A player could earn up to three votes per match.
Survey Data
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- Rosters
After the league ended we sent out a survey form to be filled out by players anonymously. This gave us some additional insight into how the experience was perceived by everyone. Before diving into the visualizations, here are some high-level take-aways:
- Vast majority of players were generally happy with the league, their deck, and the draft. Yay!
- Only one person changed commanders in the entire season (Zur to Oloro)
- Most people were ambivalent about sideboard rules, and opted for a waiver wire pick each week.
- Most Surprising Deck: Alesha Stoneforger with 50% majority
- Crowd Favorite Deck: Alesha Stoneforger with 37.5% majority
- Least Favorite Deck: Derevi Bantchantress with 62.5% majority
- There wasn't a single favorite card, but Omniscience took the cake as least favorite!
- Season length, pod size, and matchup schedule were all well liked by majority
As always, transparency is key. Here is a read-only aggregate of survey responses.
Power Level
Players voted for each deck in terms of overall subjective power-level. The inverse of votes was calculated and then averaged, as there was only one dataset that contained a high deviation; most were almost perfectly grouped around the mean.
Fun Level
Same scale and deal as power level, except this esoteric graph quantifies each deck's "fun-ness". Nekusar and Karador are actually tied, but represented in alphabetical order.
Full Roster
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Complete list of every player's pool, including waiver wires (coming soon) for a nice historical perspective. Click their name to reveal.
Alesha
- Skullclamp
- Wheel of Fortune
- Vampiric Tutor
- Demonic Tutor
- Enlightened Tutor
- Karmic Guide
- Reveillark
- Goblin Bombardment
- Stoneforge Mystic
- Swords to Plowshares
- Buried Alive
- Leyline of the Void
- Return to Dust
- Aven Mindcensor
- Serra Ascendant
- Rakdos Charm
- Imperial Seal
- Dark Depths
- Thief of Blood
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Sword of the Animist
- Sneak Attack
- Imperial Recruiter
- Utter End
- Tithe
- Monastery Mentor
- Faith's Reward
- Fiend Hunter
- Angel's Grace
- Silence
- Volrath's Stronghold
- Mistveil Plains
- Basilisk Collar
- Isochron Scepter
- Viscera Seer
- Blood Artist
- Whispersilk Cloak
- Ensnaring Bridge
- Pyroblast
- Orzhov Signet
- Boros Signet
- False Prophet
- Tempest of Light
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Thran Dynamo
- Myriad Landscape
- Felidar Sovereign
- Scout's Warning
- Stonehewer Giant
- Faithless Looting
- Rakdos Signet
- Platinum Angel
- Lapse of Certainty
- Sunforger
- Final Fortune
- Ugin's Nexus
- Boros Charm
- Wild Ricochet
- Magus of the Wheel
- Disciple of Bolas
- Yawgmoth's Will
- High Market
- Murderous Redcap
- Toxic Deluge
- Martyr's Cause
- Sire of Insanity
- Plateau
- Nahiri, the Harbinger
- Shelter
- Magus of the Moon
- Hall of the Bandit Lord
- Thespian's Stage
- Siege-Gang Commander
- Master of Cruelties
- Armillary Sphere
- Warleader's Helix
- Agent of Erebos
- Duergar Hedge-Mage
- Reito Lantern
- Debt of Loyalty
- Tormenting Voice
- Nomad Outpost
- Black Sun's Zenith
- Altar of Dementia
- Volcanic Fallout
- Rogue's Passage
- Charcoal Diamond
- Marble Diamond
- Wrecking Ball
- Comeuppance
- Crackling Doom
- Fire Diamond
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Quietus Spike
- Hide // Seek
- Boil
Zur
- Mana Crypt
- Fellwar Stone
- Phyrexian Arena
- Force of Will
- Scroll Rack
- Grim Tutor
- Flooded Strand
- Steal Enchantment
- Weathered Wayfarer
- Path to Exile
- Copy Artifact
- Helm of Obedience
- Rest in Peace
- Cataclysm
- Solitary Confinement
- Energy Field
- Lightning Greaves
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Vanishing
- Diplomatic Immunity
- Tundra
- Scrubland
- Vindicate
- Foil
- Reflecting Pool
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Counterspell
- Oblivion Ring
- Polymorph
- Bitterblossom
- Contamination
- Elixir of Immortality
- Misdirection
- Wrath of God
- Amulet of Vigor
- Stasis
- Unwinding Clock
- Candelabra of Tawnos
- Greater Auramancy
- Dimir Signet
- Heliod's Pilgrim
- Sphere of Safety
- Copy Enchantment
- Auramancer
- Gift of Immortality
- Eldrazi Conscription
- Sovereigns of Lost Alara
- Cavern of Souls
- Armageddon
- Mana Vortex
- Hallowed Fountain
- Misthollow Griffin
- Mystic Gate
- Godless Shrine
- Exotic Orchard
- Daybreak Coronet
- Steel of the Godhead
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist
- Sunken Ruins
- The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
- Arcane Denial
- Consecrate Land
- Fetid Heath
- Swan Song
- Talisman of Dominance
- Talisman of Progress
- Ice Cauldron
- Forbidden Orchard
- Jace, the Mind Sculptor
- Adarkar Wastes
- Azorius Signet
- Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- Flagstones of Trokair
- Void Shatter
- Underground River
- Spirit of the Labyrinth
- Dissipate
- Flusterstorm
- Rewind
- Crackdown
- Sword of the Meek
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
- Arcanum Wings
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Mox Diamond
- Strionic Resonator
- Guile
- Thassa, God of the Sea
- Winds of Rath
- Chrome Mox
- Celestial Colonnade
- Memory Lapse
- Absorb
- Banishing Light
- Thopter Foundry
- Magister Sphinx
Hazezon
- Chromatic Lantern
- Land Tax
- Phyrexian Altar
- Mirari's Wake
- Gaea's Cradle
- Beastmaster Ascension
- Avenger of Zendikar
- Sun Titan
- Saffi Eriksdotter
- Krosan Grip
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- Boundless Realms
- Wheel of Sun and Moon
- Karametra, God of Harvests
- Earthcraft
- Squirrel Nest
- Blade of Selves
- Tooth and Nail
- Purphoros, God of the Forge
- Privileged Position
- Exploration
- Wood Elves
- Stranglehold
- Birds of Paradise
- Oracle of Mul Daya
- Chaos Warp
- Mind's Eye
- Spike Feeder
- Archangel of Thune
- Doubling Season
- Triumph of the Hordes
- Overrun
- Terminus
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope
- Craterhoof Behemoth
- Martyr's Bond
- Knight of the Reliquary
- Cryptolith Rite
- Journey of Discovery
- Pattern of Rebirth
- Reclamation Sage
- Burnished Hart
- Citanul Hierophants
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Elspeth Tirel
- Sylvan Scrying
- Maze of Ith
- Mystifying Maze
- Containment Priest
- Sacred Ground
- Nissa, Vastwood Seer
- Zendikar Resurgent
- Arlinn Kord
- Arachnogenesis
- Verdant Force
- Xenagos, the Reveler
- Mentor of the Meek
- Urabrask the Hidden
- Anger
- Ruination
- Burning Earth
- Praetor's Counsel
- Wear // Tear
- Insurrection
- Rootborn Defenses
- Stony Silence
- Shamanic Revelation
- Secure the Wastes
- Kessig Wolf Run
- Blasting Station
- Soul Warden
- Impact Tremors
- Heliod, God of the Sun
- Stomping Ground
- Cinder Glade
- Temple Garden
- Canopy Vista
- All Is Dust
- Worldspine Wurm
- Novablast Wurm
- Path of Bravery
- Gavony Township
- Martial Coup
- Diamond Valley
- Parallel Lives
- Mardu Woe-Reaper
- True Conviction
- Tooth and Claw
- Bubble Matrix
- The Great Aurora
- Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
- Archangel Avacyn
- Assemble the Legion
- Titanic Ultimatum
- Razia's Purification
- Hour of Reckoning
Nekusar
- Waste Not
- Erebos, God of the Dead
- Necropotence
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Underworld Connections
- Ancestral Vision
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Vandalblast
- Preordain
- Greed
- Exquisite Blood
- Sanguine Bond
- Command Tower
- Keranos, God of Storms
- Cryptic Command
- Scalding Tarn
- Volcanic Island
- Badlands
- Notion Thief
- Bloodstained Mire
- Polluted Delta
- Misty Rainforest
- Wooded Foothills
- Underground Sea
- Watery Grave
- Sunken Hollow
- Collective Restraint
- War's Toll
- Palace Siege
- Painful Quandary
- Treasure Cruise
- Desolate Lighthouse
- Psychosis Crawler
- Seizan, Perverter of Truth
- Platinum Emperion
- Syphon Mind
- Subversion
- Drowned Catacomb
- Darkslick Shores
- Underworld Dreams
- Commander's Sphere
- Fate Unraveler
- Izzet Cluestone
- Izzet Charm
- Dimir Cluestone
- Foresee
- Interpret the Signs
- Dismal Backwater
- Forsaken Wastes
- Dig Through Time
- Grave Betrayal
- Sol Grail
- Spiteful Visions
- Temple of Malice
- Temple of Deceit
- Dack Fayden
- Windfall
- Reforge the Soul
- Iron Maiden
- Wheel of Torture
- Creeping Tar Pit
- Soul of Ravnica
- Devastation Tide
- Far // Away
- Silumgar's Command
- Silumgar Monument
- Kolaghan Monument
- Bonfire of the Damned
- Crush of Tentacles
- Blood Moon
- Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
- Chasm Skulker
- Torpor Orb
- Blustersquall
- Jace's Archivist
- Kederekt Parasite
- Counterlash
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Smoldering Marsh
- Dark Suspicions
- Price of Knowledge
- Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
- Mercurial Chemister
- Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
- Chalice of the Void
- Wheel of Fate
- Memory Jar
- Megrim
- Decree of Pain
- Gibbering Descent
- Well of Ideas
- Viseling
- Evolving Wilds
- Serum Visions
- Crumbling Necropolis
- Phyrexian Tyranny
Karador
- Life from the Loam
- Crucible of Worlds
- Wasteland
- Marsh Flats
- Bojuka Bog
- Windswept Heath
- Verdant Catacombs
- Cultivate
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
- Triskelion
- Massacre Wurm
- The Gitrog Monster
- Merciless Eviction
- Athreos, God of Passage
- Restoration Angel
- Damnation
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Sakura-Tribe Elder
- Anguished Unmaking
- Qasali Pridemage
- Birthing Pod
- Duplicant
- Defense of the Heart
- Animate Dead
- Victimize
- Shriekmaw
- Linvala, Keeper of Silence
- Fauna Shaman
- Magus of the Disk
- Pernicious Deed
- Sidisi, Undead Vizier
- Illumination
- Unburial Rites
- Bonds of Mortality
- Blind Obedience
- Woodfall Primus
- Aegis of the Gods
- Bayou
- Savannah
- Crop Rotation
- Mindcrank
- Bloodchief Ascension
- Riftstone Portal
- Ashen Rider
- Fracturing Gust
- Dimir House Guard
- Deadbridge Chant
- Krosan Verge
- Loyal Retainers
- Ray of Revelation
- Living Death
- Leonin Relic-Warder
- Dawn Charm
- Rebuff the Wicked
- Avoid Fate
- Greater Good
- Command Beacon
- Bazaar of Baghdad
- Vampire Hexmage
- Overgrown Tomb
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth
- Crypt Incursion
- Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
- Presence of the Master
- Yosei, the Morning Star
- Big Game Hunter
- Fleshbag Marauder
- Grand Abolisher
- Languish
- Jarad's Orders
- Sylvan Safekeeper
- Geth, Lord of the Vault
- Titania, Protector of Argoth
- Sever the Bloodline
- Dakmor Salvage
- Skirge Familiar
- Woodland Cemetery
- Traverse the Ulvenwald
- Petrified Field
- Sunpetal Grove
- Homeward Path
- Maelstrom Pulse
- Secluded Steppe
- Barren Moor
- Hunting Grounds
- Silverchase Fox
- Nighthowler
- Crypt Ghast
- Dust Bowl
- Harrow
- Debt to the Deathless
- Liliana, Heretical Healer
- Constant Mists
- Isolated Chapel
- Crime // Punishment
- Abzan Charm
Derevi
- Sol Ring
- Mana Vault
- Grim Monolith
- Rhystic Study
- Aura Shards
- Eternal Witness
- Academy Rector
- Omniscience
- Treachery
- Mystic Confluence
- Phyrexian Metamorph
- Grasp of Fate
- Karmic Justice
- Dream Halls
- Austere Command
- Luminarch Ascension
- Ghostly Prison
- Propaganda
- Supreme Verdict
- Glen Elendra Archmage
- Azami, Lady of Scrolls
- Mind Over Matter
- Mindlock Orb
- Tezzeret the Seeker
- Basalt Monolith
- Attunement
- Skyshroud Claim
- Replenish
- Tropical Island
- Council's Judgment
- Oblation
- Venser, Shaper Savant
- Time Warp
- Frozen ?ther
- Kismet
- Serra's Sanctum
- Aura of Silence
- Sterling Grove
- Eldrazi Displacer
- Greenwarden of Murasa
- Farhaven Elf
- Coiling Oracle
- Detention Sphere
- Urban Evolution
- Snapcaster Mage
- Idyllic Tutor
- Stroke of Genius
- Mystic Remora
- Burgeoning
- Lifeforce
- Dismiss into Dream
- Rush of Knowledge
- Control Magic
- Cleansing Meditation
- Nissa's Renewal
- Monk Idealist
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Reins of Power
- Back to Basics
- Parallax Wave
- Opalescence
- Venser, the Sojourner
- Humility
- Douse
- Dromoka's Command
- Argothian Enchantress
- Mesa Enchantress
- Enchantress's Presence
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
- Winter Orb
- Seal of Cleansing
- Seal of Primordium
- Verduran Enchantress
- Market Festival
- Dawn's Reflection
- Overgrowth
- Eidolon of Blossoms
- Weirding Wood
- Verdant Haven
- Sheltered Aerie
- Commune with the Gods
- Calming Verse
- Enchanted Evening
- Utopia Sprawl
- Power Artifact
- Enter the Infinite
- Mana Bloom
- Explosive Vegetation
- Words of Wind
- Compulsion
- Personal Tutor
- Compost
- Clip Wings
- Mana Matrix
- Wargate
- Golden Wish
Maelstrom
- Cyclonic Rift
- Sylvan Library
- Mana Drain
- Ashnod's Altar
- Mystical Tutor
- Worldly Tutor
- Terastodon
- Mimic Vat
- Mana Reflection
- Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Kodama's Reach
- Mindslaver
- Timetwister
- Kruphix, God of Horizons
- Disaster Radius
- Mulldrifter
- Yavimaya Elder
- Seedborn Muse
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- Acidic Slime
- Vedalken Orrery
- Elvish Piper
- Sphinx of Uthuun
- Vicious Shadows
- Beast Within
- Pongify
- Bloom Tender
- Genesis
- Warstorm Surge
- Oblivion Stone
- Rite of Replication
- Spelljack
- Pestermite
- Brainstorm
- Taiga
- Breeding Pool
- Flooded Grove
- Temple of the False God
- Reliquary Tower
- Farseek
- Balefire Dragon
- Indrik Stomphowler
- Clever Impersonator
- Arcanis the Omnipotent
- Academy Ruins
- Gilded Lotus
- Coalition Relic
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Deadwood Treefolk
- Phyrexian Ingester
- Progenitor Mimic
- Diluvian Primordial
- Biovisionary
- Shaman of Forgotten Ways
- Fire-Lit Thicket
- Blasphemous Act
- Zealous Conscripts
- Cascade Bluffs
- Deceiver Exarch
- Body Double
- Crystal Shard
- Inferno Titan
- Frost Titan
- Brutalizer Exarch
- Proteus Staff
- Molten Primordial
- Pathbreaker Ibex
- Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
- Prime Speaker Zegana
- Mina and Denn, Wildborn
- Ulvenwald Hydra
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Capture of Jingzhou
- Temporal Manipulation
- Bloodbraid Elf
- Shardless Agent
- Steam Vents
- Reap and Sow
- Hinterland Harbor
- Rootbound Crag
- Sulfur Falls
- Fierce Empath
- Spearbreaker Behemoth
- Soul of New Phyrexia
- Aura Thief
- Temur Ascendancy
- Simic Signet
- Garruk, Caller of Beasts
- Xenagos, God of Revels
- Steel Hellkite
- Soul of the Harvest
- Shaman of the Great Hunt
- Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
- Sarkhan Unbroken
- Rattleclaw Mystic
- Temporal Mastery
Mimeoplasm
- Deadeye Navigator
- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- Death's Shadow
- Bribery
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Survival of the Fittest
- Reanimate
- Riftsweeper
- Pact of Negation
- Entomb
- Strip Mine
- Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
- Necrotic Ooze
- Intuition
- Phantasmal Image
- Hornet Queen
- Forcefield
- Berserk
- Hermit Druid
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
- Laboratory Maniac
- Akroma's Memorial
- Archetype of Endurance
- In Garruk's Wake
- Eldrazi Monument
- Cabal Coffers
- Lim-D?l's Vault
- Vela the Night-Clad
- Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
- Presence of Gond
- Sage of Hours
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
- Consuming Aberration
- Mind Grind
- Acquire
- Bane of Progress
- Darksteel Plate
- Oona, Queen of the Fae
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
- Regrowth
- Ring of Three Wishes
- Corpse Connoisseur
- Green Sun's Zenith
- Corpse Dance
- Palinchron
- Grim Harvest
- Boseiju, Who Shelters All
- Grim Feast
- Carpet of Flowers
- Food Chain
- Torrent Elemental
- Voidslime
- Genesis Wave
- Murkfiend Liege
- Plasm Capture
- Ertai's Meddling
- Fathom Mage
- Master Biomancer
- Ground Seal
- Abundance
- Nature's Lore
- Doubling Cube
- All Hallow's Eve
- Dual Nature
- Bound // Determined
- Sultai Charm
- Vraska the Unseen
- Garruk, Apex Predator
- Consign to Dust
- Spring Cleaning
- Conjurer's Closet
- Nim Deathmantle
- Soulquake
- Dragon Shadow
- Oversold Cemetery
- Golgari Guildmage
- Reap
- Phyrexian Reclamation
- Cloudstone Curio
- Simic Growth Chamber
- Dimir Aqueduct
- Golgari Rot Farm
- Yavimaya Coast
- Tainted Isle
- Gilt-Leaf Palace
- Tainted Wood
- Darkwater Catacombs
- Ancient Ziggurat
- Natural Order
- Ant Queen
- Joraga Treespeaker
- Chord of Calling
- Blightsteel Colossus
- Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- Opulent Palace