Live Play Data

Flowering of the White Tree

· Legendary Enchantment · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

606

Decks Running

302

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

80%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

80% of drawn Flowering of the White Tree copies are cast before the game ends, and games where it resolves show a +12.3 percentage-point win-rate lift over games where it stays in the library.

Flowering of the White Tree is a 2-mana legendary enchantment from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth that pumps your whole board while giving your commander and other legendary creatures ward {1}. Across 589 tracked multiplayer Commander games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 302 of 8781 tracked decks, an inclusion rate of 3%. Its data comes from 274 distinct players, with no single contributor accounting for more than 4% of the instances, giving the sample reasonable spread.

The most striking number is draw-to-play: 80% of drawn copies reach the battlefield. That is consistent with a card players want to cast the moment they find it. Median first cast lands on turn 5, a touch later than its 2-mana cost would suggest, which reflects how often it arrives after the opening hand rather than in it. Once it resolves, 73% of copies survive to the game's final zone count, a strong stickiness figure for an enchantment in a removal-heavy format.

The commander distribution tells the clearest meta story. Jodah, the Unifier and Aragorn, the Uniter lead the list, both legendary-tribal strategies that multiply the value of the ward {1} rider. Mono-white legends commanders like Yoshimaru and Giada also appear, confirming the card fits any archetype leaning on legendary synergies rather than just Middle-earth themes.

At a glance

3% of tracked Commander decks include Flowering of the White Tree
80% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T5 median first-cast turn across observed games
73% battlefield stickiness once the enchantment resolves
++12.3 percentage-point win-rate lift when cast versus when it stays in the library
274 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game, a well-spread sample

First-cast turn

n=113

13%

20%

33%

T6-9

13%

T10+

Median 5 P25 4 · P75 7 · max 14

On curve 12% (10 / 113 cast on T2) Cast same turn as drawn 34%

The "good card" funnel

606 brought · 274 players

Brought to game

606

Ever drawn

141

Reached battlefield

113

Still on board at game end

80%

Of 606 copies brought to games, 141 were drawn, 113 of those were cast, and 73% of resolved copies survived to the final zone count, a healthy conversion chain for a 2-mana enchantment.

≥ +3.0pp

Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=106) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=393).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 5% (n=27) — 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 +12.3pp; 95% confidence interval +3.0pp to +21.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

149 instances

4.0%

Library

55.0%

Battlefield

22.1%

Graveyard

3.4%

Exile

Most Flowering of the White Tree copies end games on the battlefield or in the graveyard after removal, a markedly different profile from cards that simply stay buried in a 100-card library all game.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Jodah and Aragorn lead with 18 and 16 decks each, but the list spans mono-white, Jeskai, and five-color builds, showing the card is a legendary-synergy staple rather than a theme-specific include.

Card text

Flowering of the White Tree

Legendary Enchantment

Legendary creatures you control get +2/+1 and have ward {1}

. Nonlegendary creatures you control get +1/+1.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) · Rare · Illustrated by Erikas Perl

Frequently Asked

How often is Flowering of the White Tree drawn in a Commander game?

In 589 tracked multiplayer games where this card was in the deck, it was drawn 23% of the time. That is consistent with what you expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 141 instances that reached a player's hand, 80% were cast before the game ended. The remainder were mostly cases where the game concluded before the player had a window to cast it.

What turn does Flowering of the White Tree typically get cast?

Median first cast is turn 5, with the interquartile range running from turn 4 to turn 7. The card costs 2 mana, but only 12% of casts land exactly on curve, which reflects that most copies arrive in draws after the opening hand rather than being held by choice. Players who do have it in hand cast it quickly: the same-turn cast rate is 34%, meaning they cast it on the same turn they drew it about a third of the time.

Does casting Flowering of the White Tree actually correlate with winning?

Games where this card was cast show a win rate of 35% across 106 participations. Games where it never left the library show 23% across 393 participations. The +12.3 percentage-point gap is an early directional signal. Both sample sizes are meaningful, and the lower bound of the confidence interval sits above zero, which makes this one of the stronger positive signals we track for white enchantments. That said, Playgroup Live's dataset is still growing, so treat this as consistent rather than conclusive.

Which commanders most commonly run Flowering of the White Tree?

Jodah, the Unifier and Aragorn, the Uniter lead the tracked data with 18 and 16 decks respectively, both legendary-matters strategies that extract maximum value from the global ward {1} and the +2/+1 buff on legendary creatures. Éowyn, Shieldmaiden and Captain America, Team Leader round out the top four, showing strong crossover appeal into Jeskai legendary builds. Mono-white commanders like Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful also appear, confirming this is a card for any deck stacking legendary synergies.

Is Flowering of the White Tree legal in Commander?

Yes. Flowering of the White Tree is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. There are no bans or restrictions in Commander.

How reliable is the Playgroup Live data for this card?

The sample covers 589 tracked multiplayer Commander games and 302 distinct decks. Crucially, 274 different players have contributed instances, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 4% of the data. That spread means the numbers are not skewed by one enthusiast running the card constantly. As always with Playgroup Live, treat percentages as directional signals from a growing dataset rather than settled statistics.