Live Play Data

Savai Triome

Land — Mountain Plains Swamp · Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)

21%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

982

Decks Running

483

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

82%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

21% of tracked Commander decks run Savai Triome, and 82% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 3.

Savai Triome earns its slot in Mardu and five-color Commander decks by doing two jobs at once: it enters as a typed tri-land that taps for red, white, or black, and it cycles away for {3} when a fresh draw matters more than the mana. That dual utility shows up clearly in the data. Across 932 tracked multiplayer games, 21% of active decks include it, and of the copies that reach a hand, 82% are played before the game ends.

The median first-cast turn of 3 reflects its land-slot nature. Many copies land on turn 1 straight from the opening hand, pulling the median down even though the tail stretches out to turn 12. Battlefield stickiness sits at 94%, expected for a land with no built-in protection. The concentration numbers are a genuine strength of this dataset: 428 distinct players have brought Savai Triome to a tracked game, and no single player accounts for more than a small fraction of the observations, so the picture is well-spread across the community.

Savai Triome is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Historic. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander, and it is not in Standard. Its Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths printing introduced the full Triome cycle, each carrying basic land subtypes that enable fetch land synergies alongside the cycling escape valve.

At a glance

21% of tracked Commander decks include Savai Triome
31% draw rate across tracked game participations
82% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T3 median first-cast turn, anchored by opening-hand land drops
94% battlefield stickiness once played
428 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=253

34%

12%

14%

21%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3 P25 1 · P75 5 · max 14

Cast same turn as drawn 61%

The "good card" funnel

983 brought · 428 players

Brought to game

983

Ever drawn

307

Reached battlefield

253

Still on board at game end

239

82%

Of 983 Savai Triomes brought to tracked games, 307 were drawn, 253 of those were played, and 94% of played copies stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +0.3pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=239) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=598).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 37% (n=48) — 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 +6.4pp; 95% confidence interval +0.3pp to +12.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

324 instances

1.5%

Library

73.8%

Battlefield

11.4%

Graveyard

1.9%

Exile

Most Savai Triomes finish the game on the battlefield or in the graveyard via cycling, with very few stranded in the library. That low library count reflects how playable this card is when drawn.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 44 decks
2 Mr. House, President and CEO 38 decks
3 Edgar Markov 37 decks
4 Kaalia of the Vast 34 decks
5 Isshin, Two Heavens as One 25 decks
6 Queen Marchesa 18 decks
7 Caesar, Legion's Emperor 16 decks
8 Fire Lord Zuko 13 decks
9 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 12 decks
10 Terra, Herald of Hope 12 decks

The commander list is heavily concentrated in Mardu and five-color identities, exactly the decks that can legally run Savai Triome. Spread across the top ten is broad, with no single commander dominating.

Card text

Savai Triome

Land — Mountain Plains Swamp

(

: Add

, or

.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3}

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) · Rare · Illustrated by Titus Lunter

Frequently Asked

How often is Savai Triome drawn in a Commander game?

Across 932 tracked multiplayer games where Savai Triome was in the deck, it was drawn 31% of the time. That is consistent with a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 307 copies that reached a player's hand, 82% were played before the game ended. The remainder largely reflects games that ended before the land was needed.

What turn does Savai Triome usually hit the battlefield?

Median first-cast turn is 3. The distribution is strongly front-loaded: a large cluster of plays on turn 1 comes from players keeping it in their opening hand, while the remaining plays spread across turns 3 through 8. The mode is turn 1, which is common for any land that fits naturally into an opening hand.

Does casting Savai Triome correlate with winning?

Win rate in participations where Savai Triome was cast sits at 29% across 239 observations, compared to 23% in participations where it stayed in the library across 598 observations. The delta is a directional positive signal. Both sample sizes are large enough to be interesting, but treat the gap as a consistent early signal rather than a definitive causal claim.

Why do so many Savai Triomes end up in the graveyard?

The cycling ability ({3}, discard this card: draw a card) means players actively pitch Savai Triome to the graveyard when they need cards more than a tapped land. That is a feature, not a failure. It explains why the final-zone graveyard count is non-trivial despite the card's high battlefield stickiness of 94% among copies that are actually played as a land.

Which commanders most commonly run Savai Triome?

The top commanders in the dataset are all Mardu (black-red-white) or five-color, which matches the card's color identity exactly. Mr. House, The Ur-Dragon, Edgar Markov, Isshin Two Heavens as One, and Kaalia of the Vast lead the list. Five-color commanders slot it in as a fetchable fixing piece alongside the other Triomes.

Is Savai Triome banned anywhere relevant?

Savai Triome is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, Pauper Commander, or Penny Dreadful. There are no bans in formats where it is otherwise legal. In Commander it has no restriction, and its fetch land synergy makes it a staple in any deck that can run it.