Live Play Data

Dreamroot Cascade

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)

23%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1657

Decks Running

843

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

80%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

23% of tracked Commander decks with green-blue access run Dreamroot Cascade, and 80% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Dreamroot Cascade sits in 23% of the 3700 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, a consistent signal that green-blue mages treat this fast dual land as close to a default inclusion. The card enters untapped whenever you control two or more other lands, which means it functions as a true dual in virtually every opening hand that hits a normal land-drop curve.

The draw-to-play rate tells the core story: 80% of drawn copies end up on the battlefield before the game ends. That is among the highest of any land in the dataset, reflecting how uncondtional the land is in practice. Median first play lands on turn 4, consistent with players dropping it as one of their early land-drops rather than holding it. Of 1663 copies brought to games, 478 were drawn and 383 resolved on the battlefield.

The commander distribution is broad. Dreamroot Cascade shows up across Simic, Sultai, and even Temur and Bant piles wherever the {G} and {U} pips are present. No single commander dominates the list, which reflects how format-agnostic a quality dual land is. The data here is well-spread: 680 distinct players have brought the card to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 1% of all instances.

At a glance

23% of tracked Commander decks include Dreamroot Cascade
80% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T4 median first-play turn across all tracked games
93% battlefield stickiness once the land resolves
680 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game
1663 total copies brought to tracked games

First-cast turn

n=383

15%

11%

17%

11%

32%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 16

Cast same turn as drawn 55%

The "good card" funnel

1663 brought · 680 players

Brought to game

1663

Ever drawn

478

Reached battlefield

383

Still on board at game end

357

80%

Of 1663 copies brought to tracked games, 478 were drawn and 383 of those resolved on the battlefield, a draw-to-play rate of 80% that ranks among the highest for any land in the dataset.

≥ +2.3pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=331) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=977).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 37% (n=82) — 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 +7.6pp; 95% confidence interval +2.3pp to +12.9pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

520 instances

2.5%

Library

68.7%

Battlefield

12.9%

Graveyard

2.9%

Exile

Nearly all Dreamroot Cascades that enter games end up on the battlefield by game's end, a natural outcome for a land that players deploy early and that opponents have little incentive to interact with.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander list spans Simic, Sultai, Bant, and Temur piles, confirming that Dreamroot Cascade functions as a format-wide dual land rather than a card tied to any single strategy.

Card text

Dreamroot Cascade

Land

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) · Rare · Illustrated by Marco Gorlei

Frequently Asked

How often is Dreamroot Cascade drawn in a Commander game?

Across 1545 tracked games where Dreamroot Cascade was in the deck, it was drawn 29% of the time. That is slightly above the baseline for a singleton in a 100-card deck, which makes sense given that many pilots prioritize keeping opening hands with the land. Of the 478 copies that reached a player's hand, 80% were played before the game ended.

What turn does Dreamroot Cascade typically hit the battlefield?

Median first-play turn is 4. The distribution shows a meaningful cluster on turn 1, with the bulk of plays landing between turns 2 and 6. That early-turn weighting reflects the land's core design: it enters untapped when you already control two other lands, so most players drop it as one of their first few land-drops to get a free untapped dual.

Does casting Dreamroot Cascade correlate with winning?

Games where Dreamroot Cascade resolved show a win rate of 32% versus 25% when the card stayed in the library. The delta of +7.6 percentage points is a directional early signal on a sample of 331 cast observations and 977 library observations. The confidence interval crosses zero, so treat this as encouraging rather than conclusive.

Is Dreamroot Cascade legal in Commander?

Yes. Dreamroot Cascade is legal in Commander, as well as in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, and most other constructed formats tracked by Scryfall. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander, where only common-rarity cards are permitted. It is also not legal in Old School or Premodern.

Which commanders most commonly play Dreamroot Cascade?

The top commanders by raw deck count in the tracked dataset are Teval, the Balanced Scale (Sultai), Quandrix, the Proof (Simic), and Zimone, Infinite Analyst (Simic). The spread across color identities confirms that any deck touching both {G} and {U} is a potential home. No single commander accounts for a dominant share, which reflects the land's broad format role rather than a narrow synergy build.

How concentrated is the Dreamroot Cascade data among a small group of players?

The data is well-spread. 680 distinct players have brought Dreamroot Cascade to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 1% of all tracked instances. That low concentration means the numbers are not skewed by one prolific pilot, making the draw and play rates a fair read of how the card performs across a real cross-section of the player base.