Live Play Data

Battlefield Forge

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

32%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

2779

Decks Running

1371

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

78%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

32% of tracked Commander decks run Battlefield Forge, and when it hits a player's hand, 78% of those copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-play turn of 4.0.

Battlefield Forge sits in 32% of the 4292 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, a strong signal for a pain land competing against fetchlands, shocklands, and a crowded field of Boros staples.

The draw-to-play rate of 78% tells a practical story: when players see this land, they almost always put it to work before the game ends. Median first play lands on turn 4.0, consistent with a land players slot into their opening hand and use for colored mana before the game gets deep. 90% of cast copies finish the game still on the battlefield, exactly what you want from a mana base piece.

The commander distribution is notably wide. 1039 distinct players have brought Battlefield Forge to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 1% of all instances. That spread means the numbers reflect genuine cross-meta usage, not a single player's repeated runs.

At a glance

32% of tracked Commander decks include Battlefield Forge
78% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T4.0 median first-play turn
90% battlefield stickiness once played
1039 distinct players have brought this land to a tracked game
30% win rate in games where Battlefield Forge was played

First-cast turn

n=512

17%

12%

14%

10%

31%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 15

Cast same turn as drawn 52%

The "good card" funnel

2782 brought · 1039 players

Brought to game

2782

Ever drawn

656

Reached battlefield

512

Still on board at game end

460

78%

Of 2782 Battlefield Forges brought to games, 656 were drawn, 512 of those were played, and the large majority remained on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +2.3pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=482) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=1820).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=129) — 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 +6.5pp; 95% confidence interval +2.3pp to +10.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

729 instances

3.4%

Library

63.1%

Battlefield

15.8%

Graveyard

5.5%

Exile

Most Battlefield Forges end the game still on the battlefield, the expected outcome for a land that enters untapped and produces mana every turn. The library share is small because a land this playable rarely goes unnoticed when drawn.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander list spans Boros, Mardu, Naya, and five-color shells, showing that Battlefield Forge earns its slot across any deck touching Red and White, not just one archetype.

Card text

Battlefield Forge

Land

: Add

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) · Rare · Illustrated by Thomas Stoop

Frequently Asked

How often is Battlefield Forge drawn in a Commander game?

Across 2489 tracked multiplayer Commander games where Battlefield Forge was in the deck, it was drawn 24% of the time. That is typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 656 instances that reached a player's hand, 78% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Battlefield Forge usually enter the battlefield?

Median first-play turn is 4.0, with the distribution skewing early. The mode is turn 1, reflecting copies kept in opening hands and played immediately for colored mana. The interquartile range runs from turn 2 to turn 7, so the card sees action across all stages of the early and mid game.

Does playing Battlefield Forge correlate with winning?

Games where Battlefield Forge was played show a 30% win rate, compared to 23% when it stayed in the library. That is a +6.5 percentage-point gap across 482 cast observations and 1820 library observations. The sample is large enough to treat this as a consistent directional signal rather than noise, though correlation with a mana base piece reflects deck construction quality as much as the land itself.

Which commanders most often run Battlefield Forge?

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER leads the list across tracked multiplayer games, followed by Quintorius, History Chaser and Terra, Herald of Hope. The presence of Boros (Red-White) commanders near the top makes sense: Battlefield Forge fits cleanly into any deck whose color identity includes both Red and White, and Boros commanders have fewer dual land options than three-color shells.

Is Battlefield Forge legal in Commander?

Yes. Battlefield Forge is legal in Commander and has no format ban. It is also legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander.

How concentrated is the Battlefield Forge data across players?

The data is well-spread. 1039 distinct players have brought Battlefield Forge to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 1% of all instances. That breadth strengthens confidence in the numbers as a reflection of broad Commander play rather than any one player's repeated sessions.