Live Play Data

Shattered Sanctum

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)

17%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

831

Decks Running

457

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

79%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

79% of drawn Shattered Sanctums reach the battlefield, one of the highest land-cast rates on Playgroup Live, across 457 tracked decks in 785 games.

Shattered Sanctum lands in 457 of the 2615 distinct Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, an 17% inclusion rate among decks that have played a live game. That figure reflects a card with a clear home: any White-Black strategy that wants a dual land that enters untapped on curve.

The more revealing number is draw-to-play: 79% of drawn copies reach the battlefield. For a land, that is directionally high. Lands drawn late can go unplayed simply because a player is already mana-sufficient, yet Shattered Sanctum converts at a rate that suggests players nearly always have a use for its color fixing when they find it. Median first-play lands on turn 4.0, consistent with a land that sees heaviest action in the early development turns.

The data is spread across 397 unique players, with no single contributor accounting for more than a small fraction of instances. That breadth strengthens the signal. Shattered Sanctum shows up across the full range of Orzhov, Mardu, and Esper commanders, anywhere that White and Black mana are both needed before turn 3.

At a glance

17% of tracked Commander decks include Shattered Sanctum
79% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T4.0 median first-play turn
92% battlefield stickiness once played
397 unique players have brought this card to a tracked game
457 tracked decks running Shattered Sanctum

First-cast turn

n=158

14%

11%

20%

10%

27%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 18

Cast same turn as drawn 54%

The "good card" funnel

833 brought · 397 players

Brought to game

833

Ever drawn

200

Reached battlefield

158

Still on board at game end

146

79%

Of 833 Shattered Sanctums brought to games, 200 were drawn and 158 of those reached the battlefield, a conversion chain that holds up well for a land in a large singleton deck.

≥ -2.5pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=147) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=556).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 39% (n=38) — 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 +5.1pp; 95% confidence interval -2.5pp to +12.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

222 instances

2.7%

Library

65.8%

Battlefield

14.0%

Graveyard

5.9%

Exile

The overwhelming majority of Shattered Sanctums that finish on the battlefield reflects a land that stays in play once deployed. Most library-bound copies simply were never drawn, a structural consequence of 100-card singleton rather than any weakness of the card.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The top-commander list spans Orzhov, Mardu, and Esper builds, showing Shattered Sanctum earns its slot wherever White and Black fixing is needed, rather than concentrating in a single archetype.

Frequently Asked

How often is Shattered Sanctum drawn in a Commander game?

Across 785 tracked games where Shattered Sanctum was in the deck, it was drawn 24% of the time. That is typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 200 copies that reached a player's hand, 79% were played before the game ended. The remainder reflects situations where a player already had sufficient mana or the game concluded first.

What turn does Shattered Sanctum usually get played?

Median first-play turn is 4.0. The distribution has an early cluster on turns 1 through 3, driven by copies kept in opening hands. A second wave runs from turns 5 through 7 for copies drawn mid-game. The mode of the distribution sits at turn 3, which fits a land whose untapped condition requires two other lands already in play.

Does playing Shattered Sanctum actually correlate with winning?

In 147 participations where Shattered Sanctum reached the battlefield, the win rate is 29%. In participations where it stayed in the library, the win rate is 24%. The gap is a directional positive, but the sample size and the standard error on the delta mean we read this as an early signal rather than a conclusive finding. Both buckets are well-populated, which is encouraging.

Is Shattered Sanctum legal in Commander?

Yes. Shattered Sanctum is legal in Commander and in every major competitive format including Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander because it is a rare. Its color identity is White-Black, restricting it to commanders that include both colors.

Which commanders most often run Shattered Sanctum?

On Playgroup Live, Y'shtola, Mr. House, Zurgo Stormrender, and Edgar Markov top the raw deck-count list. That mix of Esper, Mardu, and pure Orzhov commanders confirms the card earns its slot across the full spectrum of White-Black strategies, not just dedicated Orzhov builds. The spread across 397 unique players suggests no single local meta is inflating the numbers.

Does Shattered Sanctum enter tapped often in practice?

The oracle text requires two or more other lands in play for it to enter untapped. The turn distribution tells a useful story: a meaningful cluster of copies lands on turns 1 and 2, where the condition is harder to meet. Most players appear to hold it until they can meet the threshold, which aligns with the median play turn of 4.0 and a same-turn play rate of 54%. Players who draw it mid-game tend to deploy it quickly.