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Shivan Reef

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

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Times Brought

1014

Decks Running

509

In Decks

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Decklist Inclusion

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Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

Final zone distribution

252 instances

3.6%

Library

66.7%

Battlefield

11.1%

Graveyard

3.6%

Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment 34 decks
2 Ulalek, Fused Atrocity 25 decks
3 Ureni of the Unwritten 21 decks
4 Vivi Ornitier 19 decks
5 Zinnia, Valley's Voice 18 decks
6 Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man 17 decks
7 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel 16 decks
8 Sonic the Hedgehog 14 decks
9 Kilo, Apogee Mind 11 decks
10 Shiko and Narset, Unified 11 decks

The "good card" funnel

1016 brought · 416 players

Brought to game

1016

Ever drawn

235

Reached battlefield

178

Still on board at game end

168

Once cast, 94% 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.

≥ -2.7pp

Players who cast this card win 26% of the time (n=164) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=669).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=51) — 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 +1.5pp; 95% confidence interval -2.7pp to +5.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=178

18%

12%

15%

16%

25%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 14

Cast same turn as drawn 52%

1184 of 300 tracked games 99%

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

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?

Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. 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.