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Arid Mesa

Land · Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)

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Times Brought

1407

Decks Running

665

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

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

Final zone distribution

332 instances

4.2%

Library

5.7%

Battlefield

65.7%

Graveyard

8.7%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 30 decks
2 Edgar Markov 17 decks
3 Kaalia of the Vast 13 decks
4 Mr. House, President and CEO 12 decks
5 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 11 decks
6 Rin and Seri, Inseparable 11 decks
7 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 10 decks
8 The First Sliver 10 decks
9 Atla Palani, Nest Tender 9 decks
10 Jodah, the Unifier 9 decks

The "good card" funnel

1414 brought · 428 players

Brought to game

1414

Ever drawn

305

Reached battlefield

234

Still on board at game end

Once cast, 8% 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 28% of the time (n=207) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=898).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=62) — about the same as leaving it in the library. Those players survived long enough to draw it, so the gap above is about the card resolving, not just about surviving.

Observed gap +2.0pp; 95% confidence interval -1.7pp to +5.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=234

30%

13%

12%

10%

23%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3.0 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 66%

1409 of 300 tracked games 99%

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.