Live Play Data

Irrigated Farmland

Land — Plains Island · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

10%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

710

Decks Running

367

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

70%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

10% of tracked Commander decks run Irrigated Farmland. When drawn, 70% of copies reach the battlefield or are cycled away, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Irrigated Farmland shows up in 10% of Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, appearing in 367 of the 3665 distinct decks that have played a tracked game. That is a modest but consistent presence across the White-Blue corner of the format.

The card's appeal is its flexibility. It taps for either {W} or {U}, covers both Plains and Island subtypes for landfall and fetchland synergies, and carries a cycling escape valve for {2} when a land would be a dead draw. 70% of drawn copies are played before the game ends. The median first play lands on turn 4, though the distribution is wide: a cluster of early-hand drops on turn 1 and a long tail stretching into the mid-game as a cycled card draw.

The commander spread is heavily Azorius and Jeskai. Captain America, Team Leader alone accounts for the largest share of top-commander decks, reflecting how naturally this dual fits into {R}{U}{W} shells that want both White and Blue mana reliably. The concentration data is encouraging: 358 distinct players have brought this card to tracked games, and no single player accounts for more than a small fraction of observations.

At a glance

10% of tracked Commander decks include Irrigated Farmland
70% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T4 median turn the land first enters play
85% battlefield stickiness once the land resolves
358 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=125

30%

10%

26%

T6-9

12%

T10+

Median 4 P25 1 · P75 7 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 59%

The "good card" funnel

714 brought · 358 players

Brought to game

714

Ever drawn

179

Reached battlefield

125

Still on board at game end

106

70%

Of 714 Irrigated Farmlands brought to games, 179 were drawn, and 125 of those were either played as a land or cycled before the game ended, a solid conversion rate for a utility dual.

≥ -4.2pp

Players who cast this card win 26% of the time (n=117) , vs 22% when it never left the library (n=453).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 41% (n=49) — 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 +3.9pp; 95% confidence interval -4.2pp to +12.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

197 instances

0.5%

Library

53.8%

Battlefield

25.9%

Graveyard

5.6%

Exile

Most tracked copies of Irrigated Farmland finish on the battlefield, a sharp contrast to the typical singleton that spends nearly every game sitting undrawn in the library. The graveyard slice captures copies that were cycled for a card draw rather than played as a land.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander list skews heavily Jeskai and Azorius. Captain America, Team Leader dominates the raw deck count, but the presence of multiple distinct commanders across White-Blue and Red-White-Blue shells shows the land earns its slot in a variety of strategic contexts.

Frequently Asked

How often is Irrigated Farmland drawn in a Commander game?

Across 694 tracked games where Irrigated Farmland was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is consistent with what you'd expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 179 instances that reached a hand, 70% were played before the game ended. The remainder are mostly cases where the game concluded before the player had a chance to use or cycle it.

What turn does Irrigated Farmland usually enter play?

Median first-cast turn is 4. The distribution is notably wide: the mode is turn 1, driven by opening-hand keeps, but the interquartile range stretches well into mid-game. That spread reflects the card's dual nature. Players sometimes drop it early as a land drop and sometimes hold or cycle it later when mana is already flush. A 59% same-turn play rate confirms that when players do choose to use it, they act quickly.

Is Irrigated Farmland good in Commander?

The early signal from Playgroup Live is directional rather than conclusive, but the data is consistent with its reputation. It covers two basic land types, enabling fetchland tutoring in formats where those matter, and the cycling clause means it is never a truly dead card in a flooded hand. Win rate when cast sits at 26% in a 117-game sample, which is above the 25% four-player baseline, though both sample sizes are still growing.

Is Irrigated Farmland legal in Commander?

Yes. Irrigated Farmland is legal in Commander, as well as Legacy, Pioneer, Modern, Vintage, Historic, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. Its Blue-White color identity means it can slot into any deck whose commander includes at least one of those colors.

Which commanders most often run Irrigated Farmland?

Captain America, Team Leader leads the list by a wide margin among tracked live decks. Inspirit, Flagship Vessel, Kilo, Apogee Mind, and Shiko and Narset, Unified follow in the Jeskai ({R}{U}{W}) cluster. Pure Azorius ({U}{W}) commanders like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV and Hope Estheim also appear, confirming the land fits anywhere White and Blue mana are both required.

How concentrated is the data for Irrigated Farmland?

The data is well spread. 358 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the heaviest single contributor accounts for only 25% of all instances. That breadth adds weight to the observed patterns: the draw and play rates are not driven by one or two prolific pilots running the same list repeatedly.