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Shivan Reef

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
8%
Decklist Inclusion
Times Brought
369
Decks Running
218
In Decks
1931
Decklist Inclusion
8%
Format

Final zone distribution

95 instances
2.1%
Library
54.7%
Battlefield
15.8%
Graveyard
8.4%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

374 brought · 184 players
Brought to game
374
Ever drawn
82
Reached battlefield
55
Still on board at game end
52

Once cast, 95% of this card is still on the battlefield at game end. This reflects how often it survives removal, not just whether it's a permanent.

+4.6pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=55) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=262).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 20% (n=26) — 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.

95% confidence interval -7.5pp to +16.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=55
11%
T1
11%
T2
11%
T3
20%
T4
15%
T5
25%
T6-9
7%
T10+
Median 4 P25 3 · P75 6 · max 14
Cast same turn as drawn 47%
95 of 25 observed games 100%

Full analysis unlocks as more games are tracked. Stats refresh nightly.

Frequently Asked
Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live has been collecting per-card gameplay data since 2023. Basic play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games; the full deep-dive page needs a larger, more diverse sample (at least 300 tracked games played by 10 or more different pilots, with no single pilot over 40 percent of the copies). Until this card clears those bars you're seeing only the basic counts. Stats refresh nightly.

How is Playgroup Live card data collected?

Players using Playgroup Live import their decklists before a game and log card actions as they play. Each cast, zone change, and resolution is recorded as a real game event. Stats on this site are computed from those events, not from decklist scrapes or theorycrafting.