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Live Play Data

Lotus Petal

{0} · Artifact · Tempest Remastered (TPR)
6%
Live Inclusion
Buy on TCGplayer
Times Brought
2274
Decks Running
1116
Median Cast Turn
4.0
Drawn → Played
84%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1

84% of drawn Lotus Petals are cast before the game ends, and the mode first-cast turn is turn 1, making it one of the fastest zero-mana accelerants tracked on Playgroup Live.

Lotus Petal converts into mana almost immediately after it enters a hand. Across 1754 tracked multiplayer Commander games, 84% of drawn copies were cast before the game concluded, a cast rate that places it among the most readily executed cards in the dataset.

The median first-cast turn is 4.0, but the mode is turn 1. That split reflects two common patterns: players who open with Petal fire it off on turn 1 to accelerate their commander or a key play, while later draws tend to land whenever the mana is urgently needed. 75% of drawn-and-cast copies were cast on the same turn they were drawn, confirming that players treat it as an immediate resource rather than a card to hold.

Lotus Petal is colorless, so it fits into any Commander deck. Its inclusion rate of 6% across Playgroup Live's tracked decks reflects its niche role: most casual tables skip it, but faster and more competitive builds prize the burst mana. It is banned in Duel Commander and restricted in Vintage, which signals the ceiling of its power when games are shorter and mana efficiency is more decisive.

At a glance
  • 6% of tracked Commander decks include Lotus Petal
  • 84% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
  • T4.0 median first-cast turn, with turn 1 as the most common
  • 75% of drawn-and-cast copies cast on the same turn they were drawn
  • 656 distinct players have brought Lotus Petal to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=484
27%
T1
11%
T2
11%
T3
11%
T4
10%
T5
26%
T6-9
4%
T10+
Median 4.0 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 15
Cast same turn as drawn 75%

The "good card" funnel

2274 brought · 656 players
Brought to game
2274
Ever drawn
575
Reached battlefield
484
Still on board at game end
94
84%

Of 2274 Lotus Petals brought to games, 575 were drawn, and 484 of those were cast, with the large majority heading straight to the graveyard after sacrificing to produce mana.

≥ -0.5pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=454) , vs 28% when it never left the library (n=1397).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 27% (n=82) — 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 -0.5pp to +8.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

661 instances
4.4%
Library
14.2%
Battlefield
59.8%
Graveyard
10.3%
Exile

Lotus Petal is a sacrifice outlet by design, so the graveyard is its primary final zone. Most copies that never leave the library simply were not drawn in the games tracked, a structural feature of 100-card singleton rather than a comment on the card's power.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander spread runs from artifact-synergy builds like Urza and Kinnan to aggro-tempo strategies like Yuriko and Krenko, reflecting that colorless burst mana is broadly useful rather than tied to one archetype.

Card text
Lotus Petal card

Lotus Petal

{0}
Artifact
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
Tempest Remastered (TPR) · Uncommon · Illustrated by April Lee

Frequently Asked

How often is Lotus Petal drawn in a Commander game?
In 1754 tracked multiplayer Commander games where Lotus Petal was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is consistent with singleton rates in a 100-card deck. Of 575 instances that reached a player's hand, 84% were cast before the game ended.
What turn does Lotus Petal typically get cast?
The median first-cast turn is 4.0, but the distribution is skewed toward the early game. Turn 1 is the single most common cast turn, driven by players who keep an opening hand with Petal and use it immediately to accelerate. 75% of drawn-and-cast copies were cast on the same turn they were drawn, so there is very little deliberate holding.
Is Lotus Petal legal in Commander?
Yes. Lotus Petal is legal and unrestricted in Commander (multiplayer) and Oathbreaker. It is banned in Duel Commander, restricted in Vintage, and not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or most other constructed formats. Its power level in shorter, faster games is the primary reason for those restrictions.
Why does Lotus Petal see play in Commander if it only produces one mana?
Zero-mana artifacts that produce colored mana are rare. Lotus Petal lets a player cast their commander or a key combo piece a full turn earlier, or it fixes colors in an opening hand that is otherwise off-color. In fast and combo-oriented decks, one turn of acceleration can be decisive. The breadth of commanders in the top-decks list, from Urza to Yuriko to K'rrik, reflects that it slots into any strategy that values early-game speed.
How concentrated is the Lotus Petal data across players?
The data is well spread. 656 distinct players have brought Lotus Petal to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and no single player accounts for more than 25% of all instances. That breadth adds confidence that the patterns here reflect genuine community behavior rather than one prolific player skewing the numbers.
Does casting Lotus Petal improve your win rate?
The cast-vs-library win-rate delta is a small positive number in the current dataset, but the confidence interval crosses zero, so it is best read as a directional early signal rather than a firm conclusion. Win rates on Playgroup Live are normalized to a 4-player baseline. Both sample buckets are large enough to report, but do not treat the delta as proven until more games accumulate.