Live Play Data

Icetill Explorer

· Creature — Insect Scout · Edge of Eternities (EOE)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

645

Decks Running

345

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

71%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

5% of tracked Commander decks run Icetill Explorer, and when it resolves, players win 30% of the time versus 26% when it stays buried in the library.

Icetill Explorer is a green four-mana Insect Scout from Edge of Eternities that packs three land-centric abilities into one body: an extra land play each turn, lands from the graveyard, and a Landfall trigger that mills a card on every land entry. On Playgroup Live it sits in 5% of tracked Commander decks, a modest share that reflects a genuinely specialized role in land-heavy strategies.

The cast win-rate reads 30% across 124 observed participations, compared to 26% when the card never left the library. That +3.5 percentage-point gap is a directional positive signal, but the confidence interval crosses zero on this sample size, so treat it as early evidence rather than a settled finding. The more concrete story is sequencing: median first cast lands on turn 6, and 71% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends.

The commander distribution tells you where Icetill Explorer fits. Hearthhull, the Worldseed leads the pack, followed by self-mill and lands-matter commanders like Teval, Lumra, and Aesi. This is a card for pods built around recursive land plays and graveyard synergy, not a generalist staple.

At a glance

5% of tracked Commander decks include Icetill Explorer
T6 median first-cast turn across observed games
71% of drawn copies reached the battlefield
50% battlefield stickiness once the Explorer resolves
298 distinct players have brought Icetill Explorer to a tracked game
32% of casts landed exactly on curve at 4 mana

First-cast turn

n=129

13%

19%

16%

41%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 6 P25 4 · P75 8 · max 13

On curve 32% (24 / 129 cast on T4) Cast same turn as drawn 31%

The "good card" funnel

645 brought · 298 players

Brought to game

645

Ever drawn

181

Reached battlefield

129

Still on board at game end

71%

Of 645 Icetill Explorers brought to games, 181 were drawn, 129 of those were cast, and roughly half stayed on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ -4.8pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=124) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=395).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 28% (n=47) — 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 +3.5pp; 95% confidence interval -4.8pp to +11.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

210 instances

5.7%

Library

31.0%

Battlefield

35.2%

Graveyard

8.1%

Exile

Most observed Icetill Explorers end up in the graveyard or on the battlefield, which fits a card that actively fuels graveyard-land strategies. The tiny library count reflects how rarely it goes completely unseen in a game where it was drawn.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Hearthhull, the Worldseed leads by deck count, but the list spans ten distinct commanders across green-based color identities, a sign that Icetill Explorer draws from a broad spread of land-matter and self-mill strategies rather than clustering in one archetype.

Frequently Asked

How often is Icetill Explorer drawn in a Commander game?

In 623 tracked games where the card was in a deck, it was drawn 28% of the time. That is consistent with typical singleton rates in a 100-card deck. Of 181 instances that reached a player's hand, 71% were cast before the game concluded. Drawn copies that were not cast typically reflect games that ended before the player found a window to play a four-mana creature.

What turn does Icetill Explorer typically hit the battlefield?

Median first cast is turn 6, with the first-quartile at turn 4 and the third-quartile at turn 8. The mode is turn 4, matching its mana cost exactly. Most casts happen in the mid-game window between turns 4 and 8, which aligns with the kind of ramp-heavy decks that run it. Only 32% of casts landed exactly on curve, largely because players without early ramp see it later.

Does casting Icetill Explorer actually improve your win rate?

In 124 participations where Icetill Explorer was cast, the normalized win rate is 30%. In 395 participations where it stayed in the library, the win rate is 26%. The +3.5 pp delta is a positive directional signal, but the 95% confidence interval includes zero on this sample, so we classify it as early evidence rather than a confirmed effect.

Which commanders run Icetill Explorer most often?

Hearthhull, the Worldseed leads with the highest deck count among tracked games, followed by Teval, the Balanced Scale and The Wise Mothman. Most top commanders share green plus at least one other color and focus on lands, graveyard recursion, or self-mill. Pure green commanders like Lumra, Bellow of the Woods and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower also appear, confirming the card fits both mono-green and multicolor land strategies.

Is Icetill Explorer legal in Commander?

Yes. Icetill Explorer is legal in Commander (multiplayer and duel), as well as Brawl, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, and several other formats. It is not legal in Pauper, Pauper Commander, or Old School, and it does not appear in the preModern or preDH card pools. Always verify legality with your playgroup for variants not covered by the official rules.

How concentrated is the Icetill Explorer data across players?

298 distinct players have brought Icetill Explorer to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for 4%% of all instances. That is well below the 30% threshold where individual-player skew becomes a concern, so the dataset reflects a genuine spread of play patterns rather than one prolific pilot's results.