Live Play Data

Exotic Orchard

Land · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

44%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

6244

Decks Running

3532

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

80%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Exotic Orchard sits in 44% of tracked Commander decks, lands on the battlefield by turn 4.0 on average, and stays there 92% of the time once played.

Exotic Orchard appears in 44% of the 8080 distinct Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, making it one of the format's most-played utility lands for multicolor strategies. Its zero-mana-cost entry and permanent status keep it relevant from the first turn to the last.

The play pattern is consistent. When Exotic Orchard reaches a player's hand, 80% of those copies are played before the game ends. The median first-play turn is 4.0, and a mode of turn 2 in the distribution shows it often slots in as one of the earliest land drops after the opener. Once on the battlefield, it stays there 92% of the time, reflecting that targeted land removal is rare in most Commander pods.

The card's value scales directly with opponent count and deck diversity. In a 4-player pod with two- and three-color opponents, Exotic Orchard reliably taps for any color. Its colorless identity means it fits into any Commander deck, which explains the broad spread across radically different commanders seen in the data.

At a glance

44% of tracked Commander decks include Exotic Orchard
80% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T4.0 median first-play turn
92% battlefield stickiness once it hits play
1631 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game
6262 total instances brought to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=1290

16%

11%

10%

29%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 19

Cast same turn as drawn 55%

The "good card" funnel

6262 brought · 1631 players

Brought to game

6262

Ever drawn

1620

Reached battlefield

1290

Still on board at game end

1189

80%

Of 6262 Exotic Orchards brought to games, 1620 were drawn, 1290 of those were played, and 92% of played copies remained on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ +0.7pp

Players who cast this card win 26% of the time (n=1265) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=4195).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=314) — 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 +3.2pp; 95% confidence interval +0.7pp to +5.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

1797 instances

2.6%

Library

66.2%

Battlefield

13.5%

Graveyard

4.7%

Exile

Most Exotic Orchards finish on the battlefield, a strong result for a land. Copies that end in the graveyard largely reflect board wipes or mass land destruction rather than targeted removal.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 81 decks
2 Killian, Decisive Mentor 57 decks
3 Dina, Essence Brewer 56 decks
4 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 52 decks
5 Ms. Bumbleflower 51 decks
6 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 49 decks
7 Zimone, Infinite Analyst 46 decks
8 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 42 decks
9 Ashling, the Limitless 40 decks
10 Rootha, Mastering the Moment 39 decks

The top-commander list spans two-color through five-color identities and multiple archetypes, showing Exotic Orchard is spread evenly across the meta rather than concentrated in one strategy.

Frequently Asked

How often is Exotic Orchard drawn in a Commander game?

Across 3458 tracked multiplayer Commander games where the card was in the deck, Exotic Orchard was drawn 26% of the time. That is consistent with a singleton land in a 100-card deck. Of the 1620 drawn copies, 80% were played before the game ended.

What turn does Exotic Orchard typically hit the battlefield?

The median first-play turn is 4.0, with a mean closer to turn 4-5. The distribution peaks at turn 2, meaning copies kept in the opening hand tend to come down early. The spread extends as late as turn 18 in some games, reflecting copies drawn deep into a long game.

Does playing Exotic Orchard correlate with winning?

The win rate in games where Exotic Orchard was played is 26%, and 23% in games where it stayed in the library. The gap between those two numbers is very small and the sample is large enough to treat this as a real signal: Exotic Orchard does not appear to provide a measurable win-rate boost on its own. It is a mana-fixing enabler, not a win condition, so that result is expected.

Which commanders most often run Exotic Orchard?

The top commanders by raw deck count on Playgroup Live include Killian, Decisive Mentor; Dina, Essence Brewer; Y'shtola, Night's Blessed; Zimone, Infinite Analyst; and Rootha, Mastering the Moment. The spread across two-color, three-color, and five-color commanders confirms that Exotic Orchard is valued across a wide range of color identities rather than being a niche pick.

Is Exotic Orchard legal in Commander?

Yes. Exotic Orchard is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Oathbreaker, and Gladiator. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. Its colorless color identity means it can slot into any Commander deck regardless of the commander's colors.

How concentrated is the Exotic Orchard data across players?

The data is well-spread. 1631 distinct players have brought Exotic Orchard to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 1% of all instances. That low concentration means the stats are not skewed by any one player's habits and can be read as a broad cross-section of how the community actually uses the card.