Live Play Data

Frontier Bivouac

Land · Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)

29%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1023

Decks Running

530

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

78%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Frontier Bivouac appears in 29% of tracked Playgroup Live decks, and 78% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 3.

Frontier Bivouac is a Temur (green-blue-red) tri-land that shows up in 29% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live. Of the 1797 distinct decks that have logged a game, 530 run this land.

As a land, Frontier Bivouac is played rather than cast, and the data reflects that rhythm: a median first-play turn of 3, with 78% of drawn copies reaching the battlefield before the game ends. That high rate is consistent with what you would expect from a land card, since players rarely choose to hold mana producers once they have them. The 92% battlefield stickiness confirms that once it enters play, it almost always stays there.

The data is well-spread across 480 distinct players, with no single contributor accounting for a disproportionate share of tracked games. The commander distribution skews heavily toward Temur and five-color piles, which aligns with the card's color requirements.

At a glance

29% of tracked Commander decks include Frontier Bivouac
78% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T3 median first-play turn
92% battlefield stickiness once in play
480 distinct players have brought this land to a tracked game
27% draw rate per game, typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck

First-cast turn

n=219

35%

29%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3 P25 1 · P75 7 · max 20

Cast same turn as drawn 75%

The "good card" funnel

1027 brought · 480 players

Brought to game

1027

Ever drawn

282

Reached battlefield

219

Still on board at game end

201

78%

Of 1027 Frontier Bivouacs brought to games, 282 were drawn, 219 of those reached the battlefield, and the vast majority stayed in play through end of game.

≥ -2.1pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=198) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=620).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 40% (n=56) — 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 +4.6pp; 95% confidence interval -2.1pp to +11.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

311 instances

4.5%

Library

64.6%

Battlefield

12.9%

Graveyard

3.9%

Exile

Most Frontier Bivouacs that never leave the library simply were not drawn, a structural reality of 100-card singleton rather than a statement about the land's playability.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Ashling, the Limitless 62 decks
2 Ureni of the Unwritten 33 decks
3 The Swarmlord 25 decks
4 The Ur-Dragon 25 decks
5 Magus Lucea Kane 23 decks
6 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 23 decks
7 Xyris, the Writhing Storm 17 decks
8 Flubs, the Fool 15 decks
9 Cosmic Spider-Man 14 decks
10 Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis 13 decks

The top-commander list is anchored by Temur and five-color piles, a predictable pattern for a land gated to green, blue, and red.

Frequently Asked

How often is Frontier Bivouac drawn in a Commander game?

Across 965 tracked multiplayer games where Frontier Bivouac was in the deck, it was drawn 27% of the time. That is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 282 instances that reached a hand, 78% were played before the game ended. The remainder is largely a game-length effect: lands drawn very late often never hit the table before the game concludes.

What turn does Frontier Bivouac usually enter the battlefield?

The median first-play turn is 3, with a strong early cluster: many copies enter on turn 1 when kept in the opening hand, and the bulk of the rest land across turns 5-9. The distribution is wide, which reflects that some players keep it as an opener and others draw it well into the mid-game.

Is Frontier Bivouac banned in any format?

No. Frontier Bivouac is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Historic, Vintage, Brawl, and most other constructed formats. It is not legal in Pauper (uncommon restriction), Pauper Commander, or Old School. In competitive Commander circles it is not banned or restricted in any way.

Why do so many Temur commanders run Frontier Bivouac?

Frontier Bivouac is one of a small number of lands that taps for green, blue, and red in a single card slot, making it a near-automatic inclusion in decks whose commander requires all three colors. The top commanders in the Playgroup Live dataset for this card are almost entirely Temur or five-color, confirming the straightforward color-pie reason for its inclusion. Tri-lands are budget-accessible alternatives to fetch-shock mana bases, which broadens the player pool that runs them.

Does casting Frontier Bivouac actually help you win?

The win rate in participations where this card was played is 30%, versus 26% when it stayed in the library. The sample covers 198 cast observations and 620 library observations. The positive gap is an early directional signal, but the confidence interval overlaps zero at this sample size, so treat it as a correlation rather than a conclusion.

How concentrated is Frontier Bivouac's play data across players?

The Playgroup Live dataset for Frontier Bivouac spans 480 distinct players, with the single heaviest contributor accounting for roughly 4% of all tracked instances. That is well below the 30% threshold where concentration would distort the numbers, so the data reflects broad community play rather than one prolific grinder.