Live Play Data

Frontier Bivouac

Land · Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)

30%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

587

Decks Running

299

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

78%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Frontier Bivouac is in 30% of tracked Playgroup Live Commander decks, and 78% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.0.

Frontier Bivouac holds a steady slot in Temur and five-color Commander decks on Playgroup Live, appearing in 299 of the 1012 distinct decks that have played a tracked game. That is an 30% inclusion rate, a real signal in a format where mana-fixing options are plentiful.

When the land is drawn, 78% of copies get played before the game ends. Median first play lands on turn 4.0. The mode is turn 1, reflecting players who keep opening hands with this land as an early color anchor. The card enters tapped, so the tempo cost is real, yet players prioritize it early all the same.

The commander distribution is notably spread. 277 distinct players have brought Frontier Bivouac to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 7% of all instances. The data is not driven by one collection. Temur commanders dominate the top slots, alongside five-color shells that still need the green-blue-red axis covered.

At a glance

30% of tracked Commander decks include Frontier Bivouac
78% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T4.0 median first-play turn
92% battlefield stickiness once played
277 distinct players have brought this land to a tracked game
30% draw rate, consistent with a singleton in a 100-card deck

First-cast turn

n=140

38%

29%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 1 · P75 7 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 76%

The "good card" funnel

591 brought · 277 players

Brought to game

591

Ever drawn

179

Reached battlefield

140

Still on board at game end

129

78%

Of 591 Frontier Bivouacs brought to tracked games, 179 were drawn, 140 of those were played, and the vast majority remained on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -5.3pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=133) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=358).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 37% (n=36) — 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 +2.7pp; 95% confidence interval -5.3pp to +10.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

192 instances

3.6%

Library

67.2%

Battlefield

10.9%

Graveyard

4.7%

Exile

Most observed copies of Frontier Bivouac end games on the battlefield, an expected result for a land that, once played, rarely gets removed. The small library count reflects how few copies were never interacted with at all.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Ashling, the Limitless 37 decks
2 Ureni of the Unwritten 17 decks
3 The Ur-Dragon 14 decks
4 Magus Lucea Kane 13 decks
5 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 13 decks
6 The Swarmlord 12 decks
7 Saheeli, Radiant Creator 10 decks
8 Xyris, the Writhing Storm 10 decks
9 Eshki, Temur's Roar 9 decks
10 Flubs, the Fool 9 decks

Temur commanders hold the top spots, but the list stretches across five-color builds too, confirming that Frontier Bivouac serves as a broad green-blue-red fixing piece rather than a card tied to one specific archetype.

Frequently Asked

How often is Frontier Bivouac drawn in a Commander game?

Across 555 tracked games where Frontier Bivouac was in the deck, it was drawn 30% of the time. That is typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 179 instances that reached a player's hand, 78% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Frontier Bivouac usually hit the battlefield?

Median first-play turn is 4.0. The distribution skews early: the most common individual turn is turn 1, when players keep an opening hand containing this land for early color coverage. A secondary cluster appears in turns 5-8, reflecting copies drawn later in the game.

Does playing Frontier Bivouac correlate with winning?

In tracked multiplayer games, the cast win rate is 27% versus 25% when the card stayed in the library. The delta between those buckets is small and the sample size is still growing, so treat this as a directional early signal rather than a firm conclusion. Frontier Bivouac is a mana-fixing piece, not a win condition, so its impact is best read through the broader deck rather than in isolation.

Which commanders run Frontier Bivouac most often?

Temur commanders lead the list: Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, Ureni of the Unwritten, Eshki Temur's Roar, and Magus Lucea Kane all appear prominently. Five-color commanders like Ashling the Limitless and The Ur-Dragon also rank highly, as those decks still need reliable green-blue-red fixing. The spread is wide, with 277 distinct players contributing data.

Is Frontier Bivouac legal in Commander?

Yes. Frontier Bivouac is legal in Commander, as well as in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Historic, Vintage, and several other formats. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander because it is an uncommon, and it does not appear in Old School or Premodern card pools.

Is the Playgroup Live data on this card reliable?

The concentration metrics are encouraging. 277 distinct players have brought Frontier Bivouac to a tracked game, and the single busiest contributor accounts for only 7% of all instances. That spread suggests the numbers are not being skewed by one player's collection. With 591 instances brought and 140 cast across 555 tracked games, the dataset is meaningful but still growing, so directional trends are the right frame.