Live Play Data

Rugged Prairie

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

22%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

947

Decks Running

465

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

81%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Rugged Prairie appears in 22% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 81% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Rugged Prairie sits in 22% of the 2163 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, making it a focused inclusion rather than a format staple. Its color identity restricts it to Red-White and any combination that contains both colors, which naturally narrows the pool.

When it does show up, the card delivers. 81% of drawn copies are played before the game ends, a high rate for a land that asks you to spend {R/W} mana to activate its full output. Median first play lands on turn 4, and once it hits the battlefield, stickiness is 96%. Lands rarely leave play once they're down, and Rugged Prairie is no exception.

The commander distribution is notably spread across 390 distinct players, with no single contributor driving more than a small slice of the dataset. That breadth suggests the numbers here reflect genuine format adoption across the Boros and allied color wedges rather than one prolific deckbuilder's games.

At a glance

22% of tracked Commander decks include Rugged Prairie
81% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T4 median turn Rugged Prairie first enters the battlefield
96% battlefield stickiness once played
390 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game
24% draw rate per game, consistent with a singleton land in a 100-card deck

First-cast turn

n=185

17%

16%

13%

10%

30%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 16

Cast same turn as drawn 60%

The "good card" funnel

948 brought · 390 players

Brought to game

948

Ever drawn

229

Reached battlefield

185

Still on board at game end

178

81%

Of 948 copies brought to tracked games, 229 were drawn, 185 of those were played, and the overwhelming majority stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -4.2pp

Players who cast this card win 26% of the time (n=177) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=639).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 18% (n=44) — 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 +2.5pp; 95% confidence interval -4.2pp to +9.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

252 instances

1.2%

Library

70.6%

Battlefield

16.7%

Graveyard

3.6%

Exile

Rugged Prairie ends up on the battlefield the vast majority of the time it is observed, which is expected for a land. The small library count reflects copies that were in the deck but never drawn or interacted with during tracked games.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The top-commanders list spans Boros, Naya, Jeskai, and Mardu builds, with Quintorius, History Chaser leading by deck count. No single commander dominates, reflecting Rugged Prairie's broad utility across every shell that contains Red and White.

Frequently Asked

How often is Rugged Prairie drawn in a Commander game?

Across 866 tracked multiplayer games where Rugged Prairie was in the deck, it was drawn 24% of the time. That rate is expected for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 229 instances that reached a player's hand, 81% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Rugged Prairie typically enter the battlefield?

The median first-play turn is 4. The distribution has a notable early cluster, with a meaningful number of copies entering on turns 1 and 2. That early spike reflects players who kept it in their opening hand. From there the curve spreads out to turn 12 at the extreme, which captures copies drawn deep into longer games.

Does casting Rugged Prairie correlate with winning?

The cast-vs-library win-rate delta is small and directional at best. With the current sample sizes, this early signal does not establish a clear performance edge tied to Rugged Prairie specifically. The card's value is structural mana fixing, not a measurable win-rate driver on its own in this dataset.

Which commanders most often pair with Rugged Prairie?

Quintorius, History Chaser leads the top-commanders list across tracked games, followed by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER and Terra, Herald of Hope. The spread covers Boros (R/W), Naya (G/R/W), Esper-adjacent (R/U/W), and Mardu (B/R/W) commanders, confirming that Rugged Prairie slots into any deck whose color identity includes both Red and White.

Is Rugged Prairie legal in Commander?

Yes. Rugged Prairie is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Alchemy, Historic, Timeless, Pauper, or Brawl. In Commander its color identity is Red-White, so it can only be included in decks whose commander covers both colors.

How concentrated is the Rugged Prairie data among players?

390 distinct players have brought Rugged Prairie to at least one tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the heaviest single contributor accounts for just 3% of all instances. That low concentration is a healthy sign: the numbers reflect broad adoption rather than one player inflating the sample.