Live Play Data

Frostboil Snarl

Land · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

21%

Live Inclusion

Buy on TCGplayer

Times Brought

763

Decks Running

388

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

69%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Frostboil Snarl sits in 21% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, with a median first-cast turn of 4 and 69% of drawn copies reaching the battlefield before the game ends.

Frostboil Snarl appears in 21% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, landing on the battlefield on turn 4 at the median. It is the Izzet (blue-red) entry in the Snarl cycle, entering untapped only when you reveal an Island or Mountain from your hand.

The data is spread across 339 distinct players, with no single contributor accounting for more than 5% of tracked instances. That breadth makes the early signal more credible than a concentrated sample would. Of copies drawn, 69% reached the battlefield. The remainder reflects games that ended before the land could be played, not a decision to hold it. Once a copy resolves, it sticks 92% of the time through the end of the game, consistent with what you would expect from a land with no activated sacrifice effect.

Commander's color-identity rule limits Frostboil Snarl to decks containing red and/or blue. Its strongest showing in the tracked dataset is among Izzet and Grixis commanders, where a reliable untapped dual that costs nothing beyond revealing a basic type is a straightforward inclusion.

At a glance

21% of tracked Commander decks include Frostboil Snarl
T4 median turn Frostboil Snarl first hits the battlefield
69% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before game end
92% battlefield stickiness once the land resolves
339 distinct players have brought Frostboil Snarl to a tracked game
766 total instances brought across all tracked games

First-cast turn

n=145

32%

12%

11%

12%

23%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 16

Cast same turn as drawn 66%

The "good card" funnel

766 brought · 339 players

Brought to game

766

Ever drawn

211

Reached battlefield

145

Still on board at game end

133

69%

Of 766 Frostboil Snarls brought to tracked games, 211 were drawn, 145 of those were played, and the clear majority stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -2.8pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=139) , vs 22% when it never left the library (n=498).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 26% (n=63) — 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 +4.5pp; 95% confidence interval -2.8pp to +11.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

225 instances

3.1%

Library

59.1%

Battlefield

13.8%

Graveyard

4.0%

Exile

The vast majority of Frostboil Snarls never leave the library in any given game, which is expected for a singleton land in a 100-card deck. The copies that do surface show strong battlefield retention.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 40 decks
2 Rootha, Mastering the Moment 39 decks
3 Captain America, Team Leader 36 decks
4 Sauron, Lord of the Rings 22 decks
5 Vivi Ornitier 12 decks
6 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable 11 decks
7 Ovika, Enigma Goliath 11 decks
8 Saheeli, Radiant Creator 9 decks
9 Sauron, the Dark Lord 9 decks
10 Davros, Dalek Creator 8 decks

The commander list is spread across Izzet, Grixis, and Temur color identities, with no single commander dominating. Rootha, Mastering the Moment leads but accounts for only a fraction of the total tracked decks, signaling broad adoption across the blue-red spectrum.

Frequently Asked

How often is Frostboil Snarl drawn in a Commander game?

Across 693 tracked multiplayer Commander games where Frostboil Snarl was in the deck, it was drawn 28% of the time. That is in the normal range for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 211 drawn copies, 69% were played before the game ended.

What turn does Frostboil Snarl usually enter the battlefield?

The median first-cast turn is 4. The distribution clusters heavily at turn 1 (the most common single turn in the dataset), reflecting copies kept in opening hands. The mean is pulled higher by copies drawn later in the game. The p25-p75 range runs from turn 1 to turn 6, so roughly half of all casts land in that window.

Does Frostboil Snarl enter the battlefield untapped reliably?

The Snarl cycle enters untapped only when you reveal an Island or Mountain from your hand at the time it enters. In dedicated Izzet builds with a high basic-land count, this condition is met often in the early turns, which likely contributes to the mode of turn 1 in the cast distribution. Decks splashing blue or red with fewer basics may find it enters tapped more frequently.

Is Frostboil Snarl banned anywhere relevant to Commander players?

Frostboil Snarl is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. There are no current bans in Commander. It is also not legal in PreDH, which restricts cards to pre-2004 printings.

How concentrated is the Frostboil Snarl data across players?

The tracked instances come from 339 distinct players. The single heaviest contributor accounts for 5% of all instances, well below the 15% threshold where concentration would meaningfully skew the results. That spread adds credibility to the directional patterns in the data, though the absolute game count is still modest enough that no finding should be treated as conclusive.

Which commanders most commonly run Frostboil Snarl?

Among commanders with meaningful deck counts in the tracked dataset, Rootha, Mastering the Moment leads with 34 decks, followed by Captain America, Team Leader at 29 and Doctor Doom, King of Latveria at 24. The pattern is straightforward: commanders with red-blue in their color identity can run this land, and Izzet and Grixis strategies make up the bulk of the tracked shells.