Fiery Islet
Fiery Islet appears in 6% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, with 63% of drawn copies reaching the battlefield and a median first activation on turn 4.0.
Fiery Islet sits in 6% of Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live. That figure reflects its strict color requirement: the land only fits Izzet (blue-red) and broader color identities that include both colors, which naturally caps the ceiling.
When the card does reach a hand, 63% of those copies reach the battlefield. The median first activation lands on turn 4.0, consistent with players dropping it as an early mana source rather than holding it for the cantrip mode. Stickiness once on the battlefield is 75%, though for a land that sacrifices itself to draw, a meaningful portion of exits are intentional rather than answers from opponents.
The commander distribution is well-spread across 286 distinct players, with no single contributor accounting for more than 4% of all tracked instances. That breadth gives the numbers reasonable directional weight despite the dataset still being small by format-wide standards.
- 6% of tracked Commander decks include Fiery Islet
- 29% draw rate across games where the card was in the deck
- 63% of drawn Fiery Islets reached the battlefield
- T4.0 median turn of first activation
- 75% battlefield stickiness once the land enters play
- 286 distinct players contributing to the tracked data
First-cast turn
n=114The "good card" funnel
616 brought · 286 playersOf 616 Fiery Islets brought to games, 180 were drawn, 114 of those were activated, with 75% remaining on the battlefield at game end among those that entered play.
Players who cast this card win 31% of the time (n=106) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=377).
When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 31% (n=66) — 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 +5.2pp; 95% confidence interval -3.6pp to +14.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.
Final zone distribution
200 instancesMost Fiery Islets that enter play end up in the graveyard or on the battlefield at game end, with very few left in the library. That split reflects how aggressively players tap the cantrip ability when they need cards.
Commanders that played this card
in tracked games-
1
Vivi Ornitier
37 decks
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2
The Tenth Doctor
20 decks
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3
Davros, Dalek Creator
12 decks
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4
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
12 decks
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5
Fire Lord Azula
11 decks
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6
Sonic the Hedgehog
9 decks
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7
Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man
9 decks
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8
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
7 decks
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9
Alania, Divergent Storm
6 decks
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10
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
6 decks
Vivi Ornitier leads the list by a clear margin, with the remaining commanders spread across Izzet and Grixis shells. The distribution is reasonably broad across 286 distinct players, giving the commander data directional credibility.