Live Play Data

Luxury Suite

Land · Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)

24%

Live Inclusion

Buy on TCGplayer

Times Brought

928

Decks Running

493

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

79%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

24% of tracked Commander decks in Playgroup Live's Black-Red meta run Luxury Suite, and 79% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Luxury Suite enters as one of the most-played dual lands among Black-Red Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live. 24% of tracked decks include it, drawn from 493 of 2018 distinct decks that have played a live game. The card's core appeal is simple: in a four-player pod it enters untapped for free, making it a functional dual that costs nothing but a card slot.

The play data backs that reputation. 79% of drawn copies were cast before the game ended, the highest draw-to-play conversion you would expect from a land that rarely gives a player a reason to hold it. Median first-cast turn lands on turn 4, though the distribution skews earlier, with the single most common cast turn being turn 1. Once on the battlefield, it sticks at 93%, reflecting the general resilience of lands in Commander.

The commander spread is broad. 379 distinct players brought Luxury Suite to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 4% of all tracked instances. That diversity gives the numbers reasonable signal across the Black-Red and Grixis portions of the format.

At a glance

24% of tracked Commander decks include Luxury Suite
79% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T4 median first-cast turn across tracked games
93% battlefield stickiness once played
379 distinct players contributed tracked instances
24% draw rate, expected for a singleton land in a 100-card deck

First-cast turn

n=179

31%

12%

13%

11%

21%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 67%

The "good card" funnel

933 brought · 379 players

Brought to game

933

Ever drawn

227

Reached battlefield

179

Still on board at game end

166

79%

Of 933 Luxury Suites brought to tracked games, 227 were drawn and 179 were cast, with 93% of those cast copies finishing on the battlefield.

≥ -4.0pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=177) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=635).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 35% (n=46) — 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 +2.6pp; 95% confidence interval -4.0pp to +9.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

256 instances

2.3%

Library

64.8%

Battlefield

18.4%

Graveyard

3.5%

Exile

Most tracked copies of Luxury Suite finish on the battlefield, an unusual outcome for a singleton land and a direct result of how often players keep it once it resolves.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria 51 decks
2 Mr. House, President and CEO 21 decks
3 Edgar Markov 18 decks
4 Kaalia of the Vast 16 decks
5 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 14 decks
6 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 13 decks
7 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 12 decks
8 Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid 12 decks
9 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 11 decks
10 Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor 10 decks

The commander list spans Mardu, Grixis, Jund, and pure Black-Red builds, confirming Luxury Suite functions as broad mana-fixing rather than a card slotted for any single commander's strategy.

Frequently Asked

How often is Luxury Suite drawn in a Commander game?

In 827 tracked multiplayer games where Luxury Suite was in the deck, it was drawn 24% of the time. That is a normal draw rate for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 227 copies that reached a player's hand, 79% were played before the game ended, a strong conversion rate for a land.

What turn does Luxury Suite usually get played?

Median first-cast turn is 4, but the mode is turn 1, meaning the single most common scenario is playing it from the opening hand. The distribution is broad: the 25th percentile lands on turn 1 and the 75th percentile reaches turn 6. Players cast it the same turn they draw it 67% of the time, which is consistent with how quickly you want your mana base online.

Does casting Luxury Suite correlate with winning?

In 177 tracked participations where Luxury Suite reached the battlefield, the win rate was 27%. In participations where it stayed in the library, the win rate was 24%. The raw delta is +2.6 percentage points. Both sample sizes are meaningful, but Playgroup Live's dataset is still growing, so treat this as a directional signal rather than a conclusive finding.

Is Luxury Suite legal in Commander?

Yes. Luxury Suite is legal in Commander, Oathbreaker, Legacy, Vintage, and Two-Headed Giant. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Historic, Alchemy, Brawl, or Pauper. In Commander specifically, the condition of needing two or more opponents is almost always met in a four-player pod, making it a near-unconditional untapped dual land in the format.

Which commanders most often run Luxury Suite?

Edgar Markov, Kaalia of the Vast, and Isshin, Two Heavens as One lead the Mardu (Black-Red-White) contingent in the tracked dataset, while Doctor Doom, King of Latveria and Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls represent Grixis and pure Black-Red builds. The spread across commander types reflects the card's role as a generic mana-fixing staple rather than a synergy piece for any single strategy.

How concentrated is the data across players?

379 distinct players contributed tracked instances of Luxury Suite, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 4% of all instances. That is well below the threshold where one player's preferences could skew the numbers meaningfully. The data is spread across a broad cross-section of the Playgroup Live community.