Live Play Data

Azorius Chancery

Land · Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

865

Decks Running

463

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

65%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

9% of tracked Azorius-adjacent Commander decks run Azorius Chancery, and once cast, it sticks on the battlefield 93% of the time, making it one of the most reliable two-color fixing lands in the format.

Azorius Chancery earns its slot in White-Blue Commander decks through raw consistency: 9% of the 5267 tracked decks bring it to the table, and the card is in 463 distinct lists in the Playgroup Live dataset. Its bounce-land mechanic asks a real price on the turn it enters, but the numbers suggest players pay it willingly.

When Azorius Chancery reaches a hand, it's cast 65% of the time before the game ends. Median first cast lands on turn 4, with a tight cluster of early casts at turns 2 through 4, consistent with players treating it as low-priority ramp rather than a dead card. Once it resolves, it stays: 93% battlefield stickiness means targeted land destruction almost never removes it in the Playgroup Live meta.

The win-rate signal is directional on this sample size. Decks that cast the Chancery show a +4.6 percentage-point lift over games where it never left the library, but the confidence interval crosses zero, so treat that figure as early signal rather than a proven edge. The concentration data is a genuine strength of the dataset: 408 unique players have brought this card to a tracked game, and no single player accounts for more than 3% of all instances.

At a glance

9% of tracked Commander decks include Azorius Chancery
65% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T4 median first-cast turn across all tracked games
93% battlefield stickiness once the Chancery resolves
408 unique players have brought this card to a tracked game
+4.6pp directional win-rate lift when cast versus staying in the library

First-cast turn

n=147

11%

16%

10%

24%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 17

Cast same turn as drawn 36%

The "good card" funnel

865 brought · 408 players

Brought to game

865

Ever drawn

225

Reached battlefield

147

Still on board at game end

137

65%

Of 865 Azorius Chanceries brought to tracked games, 225 were drawn, 147 of those were cast, and 93% of resolved copies stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -3.4pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=133) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=548).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 25% (n=65) — 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 +4.6pp; 95% confidence interval -3.4pp to +12.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

246 instances

2.4%

Library

55.7%

Battlefield

19.1%

Graveyard

2.8%

Exile

The vast majority of Azorius Chanceries end tracked games on the battlefield, a sharp contrast to most singleton cards that spend most participations undrawn in the library. The tiny library count reflects how often this card is seen and played rather than buried.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Commander representation is spread across at least ten distinct leaders across White-Blue and Esper color identities, with no single commander dominating, which signals broad format appeal rather than niche synergy.

Card text

Azorius Chancery

Land

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}

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Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) · Uncommon · Illustrated by John Avon

Frequently Asked

How often is Azorius Chancery drawn in a Commander game?

Across 832 tracked multiplayer games where Azorius Chancery was in the deck, it was drawn 26% of the time. That rate reflects normal singleton variance in a 100-card deck. Of the 225 instances that reached a player's hand, 65% were cast before the game concluded.

What turn does Azorius Chancery typically hit the battlefield?

Median first cast is turn 4, with the 25th percentile at turn 2 and the 75th percentile at turn 6. The mode sits at turn 4 in the multiplayer dataset. The distribution has a meaningful early cluster at turns 1 through 4, which reflects players keeping opening hands that contain the Chancery and playing it as soon as they can afford to bounce a land.

Does playing Azorius Chancery actually help you win?

The data is directional. Decks that cast the Chancery show a +4.6 percentage-point lift in normalized win rate compared to games where the card never left the library. However, the confidence interval on that delta crosses zero at the current sample size, so this is an early signal, not a proven effect. The 29% win rate when cast sits above the 25% four-player baseline, which is consistent with the card pulling its weight in mana-development.

Is Azorius Chancery legal in Commander and other formats?

Azorius Chancery is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pauper. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Alchemy, Historic, Brawl, or Timeless.

Which commanders most often pair with Azorius Chancery?

In the Playgroup Live multiplayer dataset, Aminatou, Veil Piercer leads with the most decks, followed by Hope Estheim, Millicent Restless Revenant, Oloro Ageless Ascetic, and Brago King Eternal. The spread across White-Blue, Esper, and three-color commanders that touch White and Blue confirms the Chancery is a format-wide staple rather than a build-around for one archetype.

How long does Azorius Chancery sit in hand before being cast?

Among 147 observed casts, the median hand-to-cast delay is 1 turn, and 36% of instances are cast on the same turn they are drawn. That suggests players rarely hold the Chancery for strategic timing. The more common pattern is simply drawing it after the early turns and deploying it at the next convenient window.