Frontier Bivouac
Frontier Bivouac appears in 4.3% of all tracked Commander decks, but lands in 64% of the time when drawn — and 89% of those plays happen the same turn it's drawn.
Frontier Bivouac is a narrow card by design. It only fits Temur (green-blue-red) and five-color decks, which explains its 4.3% inclusion rate across 1,819 tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live. Within its eligible pool, it's a reliable source of all three Temur colors from a single land slot.
The draw-to-play rate sits at 64%: when a player actually draws this land, they play it roughly two out of three times before the game ends. The remaining 36% is largely a late-game effect — lands drawn after the mana has already been established often sit stranded in hand. The 89% same-turn play rate confirms that when this card is useful, players slam it immediately rather than holding it.
The median first-cast turn of 1 tells a clear story: Frontier Bivouac is most valuable in opening hands, where it patches a three-color mana base before the game's tempo demands get steep. The concentration of its top commanders around Temur identities — led by Me, the Immortal and Ureni of the Unwritten — reflects exactly the audience this land is built for.
- 4.3% inclusion rate across all tracked Commander decks
- 64% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
- 89% of casts happen the same turn the land is drawn
- T1 median first-cast turn, driven by opening-hand keeps
- 89% battlefield stickiness once played
- 78 distinct tracked decks include Frontier Bivouac
First-cast turn
n=35The "good card" funnel
150 broughtOf 136 Frontier Bivouacs brought to games, 42 were drawn and 28 were cast — a clean 64% draw-to-play conversion — with 25 still on the battlefield when the game ended.
Players who cast this card win 23% of the time (n=35) , vs 42% when it never left the library (n=100).
Final zone distribution
150 instances93 of 136 brought instances ended in the library — the expected outcome for a singleton land in a 100-card deck, not a signal that this card underperforms.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Me, the Immortal
19 decks
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2
Ureni of the Unwritten
15 decks
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3
Ashling, the Limitless
9 decks
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4
Riku of Many Paths
7 decks
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5
Ramos, Dragon Engine
6 decks
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6
Riku of Two Reflections
6 decks
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7
The First Sliver
6 decks
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8
Eshki, Temur's Roar
5 decks
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9
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
5 decks
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10
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
5 decks
Temur commanders dominate the list, with Me, the Immortal and Ureni of the Unwritten accounting for the two largest deck counts; five-color commanders contribute a meaningful minority of inclusions.
How often is Frontier Bivouac drawn in a Commander game? ▾
Across 136 instances brought to games, it was drawn 42 times — a draw rate of 31%. That's higher than the structural baseline for a singleton in a 100-card deck, which is partly a function of mulliganing aggressively to find mana in three-color decks. Of those 42 drawn instances, 28 were cast before the game ended.
What turn does Frontier Bivouac usually hit the battlefield? ▾
The median first-cast turn is 1, meaning most casts happen from an opening hand. The distribution is sharply front-loaded: 15 of 28 recorded casts landed on turn 1. A secondary cluster appears around turns 5-7, which reflects copies drawn mid-game and played once a slot opened. The mean of 3.39 is pulled upward by those late draws.
Why is the win rate when cast so much lower than when it stays in the library? ▾
This is the most counterintuitive number in the dataset. Games where Frontier Bivouac was cast show a win rate of 17.9% (5 wins in 28 observed games), while games where it sat in the library all game show 41.9% (39 wins in 93 games). The delta of -24 points is directional — both sample sizes are on the smaller side — but the gap likely reflects deck composition rather than the card harming you. Decks leaning heavily on tap-lands to fix mana may be softer on speed and interaction, making them less likely to win competitive pods.
Is Frontier Bivouac legal in Commander? ▾
Yes. Frontier Bivouac is legal in Commander, as well as Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Historic, Vintage, and several other formats. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander, as it is uncommon rather than common rarity.
Which commanders most often run Frontier Bivouac? ▾
The top two are Me, the Immortal (18 decks) and Ureni of the Unwritten (14 decks), both Temur commanders. Ashling, the Limitless checks in at 9 decks as the leading five-color representative. The spread across commanders is fairly wide — no single commander accounts for a dominant share of inclusions, which tracks with how broadly the Temur color combination is played.
How does Frontier Bivouac compare to other tri-lands in Commander? ▾
Playgroup Live does not currently have cross-card comparison data for this page, so we can only speak to Frontier Bivouac's own numbers. What the data shows is that within Temur and five-color decks, it earns its slot: a 64% draw-to-play rate and 89% same-turn-cast rate suggest players are happy to see it, particularly in opening hands where the three-color fix matters most.