Fellwar Stone
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Artifact
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Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Fellwar Stone appears in 23% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live. When drawn, 66% of copies are cast before the game ends, with a median first-cast turn of 4.
Fellwar Stone sits in roughly 1 in 4 Commander decks in our tracked games. At 23% inclusion across 1,711 distinct decks, it trails the format's premier mana rocks but earns its slot in any deck that can expect opponents to reliably tap colored lands.
The draw-to-play rate of 66% is the most honest measure of how players value it in the moment. When a Fellwar Stone reaches a hand, two thirds of the time it hits the battlefield before the game ends. The other third is largely a game-length story: stones drawn in the late game often become stranded in hand as the game closes out. Once cast, it survives at a rate of 88%, suggesting opponents rarely prioritize removing it.
The cast-versus-library win-rate delta is effectively zero (-0.4 percentage points), meaning decks that cast Fellwar Stone win at almost exactly the same rate as decks where it never leaves the library. That is consistent with what you would expect from a support piece: it smooths mana and accelerates plans without being the determining factor in who wins the game.
- 23% inclusion rate across 1,711 tracked Commander decks
- 66% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
- T4 median first-cast turn, with a range stretching to turn 14
- 88% battlefield stickiness once cast — opponents rarely bother removing it
- 57% of drawn-and-cast copies are cast the same turn they are drawn
- 11 ahead of 94 casts came before curve, signaling occasional ramp or cost-reduction support
First-cast turn
n=131The "good card" funnel
786 broughtOf 589 Fellwar Stones brought to games, 139 were drawn, 94 of those were cast, and 83 were still on the battlefield when the game ended — an 88% survival rate from cast to final zone.
Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=131) , vs 39% when it never left the library (n=585).
Final zone distribution
786 instances438 of 589 Fellwar Stones never left the library, a structural reality of 100-card singleton — the card's on-board impact is measured in the 83 copies that remained on the battlefield at game end.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Killian, Decisive Mentor
46 decks
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2
Quintorius, History Chaser
36 decks
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3
Rootha, Mastering the Moment
31 decks
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4
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
14 decks
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5
Magnus the Red
13 decks
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6
Ureni of the Unwritten
13 decks
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7
Ashling, the Limitless
12 decks
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8
Krang, the All-Powerful
10 decks
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9
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
10 decks
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10
Sauron, the Dark Lord
10 decks
The top 10 commanders span at least six distinct color identities, showing Fellwar Stone is broadly distributed rather than concentrated in any single archetype or color pair.
How often is Fellwar Stone drawn in a Commander game? ▾
Fellwar Stone has a draw rate of 23.6% in our tracked games — consistent with what you would expect for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 589 instances brought to games, 139 reached a player's hand. Of those, 94 were cast, giving a draw-to-play rate of 66%. The sample covers 431 tracked games, making this one of the more reliable data points in our dataset.
What turn does Fellwar Stone usually hit the battlefield? ▾
The median first-cast turn is 4. The 25th percentile is turn 2 and the 75th is turn 7, so the distribution is wide. Turn 2 is the earliest a player could naturally cast it, and 23 of 94 casts landed exactly on curve. Eleven copies were cast ahead of curve via ramp or cost reduction, and 60 were cast late. A same-turn-cast rate of 57% tells us players cast it immediately when they draw it more often than not.
Is Fellwar Stone good in Commander? ▾
It is a reliable two-mana mana rock in multi-color pods. Its ability to produce any color that an opponent's land could produce means it almost always taps for colored mana in a typical 4-player game. The 88% battlefield stickiness we see suggests players treat it as low-priority removal bait, and the broad commander distribution in our data confirms it fits comfortably into any two-or-more-color deck rather than requiring a specific strategy.
Does casting Fellwar Stone improve your odds of winning? ▾
In our tracked data, the win rate when Fellwar Stone is cast is 40.4% (38 wins out of 94 instances) versus 40.9% when it stays in the library (179 wins out of 438 instances). The delta is -0.4 percentage points, effectively zero. Both figures sit well above the 25% baseline win rate for a 4-player pod, which likely reflects deck-quality selection: players who run Fellwar Stone tend to run well-constructed decks overall. The near-zero delta is an early directional signal that the stone is a support piece, not a win condition.
Which commanders run Fellwar Stone most? ▾
The top commanders in our data are Killian, Decisive Mentor (38 decks), Quintorius, History Chaser (29 decks), and Rootha, Mastering the Moment (23 decks). The list spans multiple color identities, reinforcing that Fellwar Stone is a format-wide role-player rather than a card tied to any single archetype. No single commander accounts for more than 10% of the decks running it.
Is Fellwar Stone legal in Commander? ▾
Yes. Fellwar Stone is legal in Commander, as well as Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, and Pauper Commander. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Alchemy, Historic, Brawl, or Timeless. Its colorless color identity means it is eligible for any Commander deck regardless of the commander's color identity.