Live Play Data

Skycloud Expanse

Land · Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC)

21%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

690

Decks Running

395

Median Cast Turn

5.0

Drawn → Played

79%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

21% of tracked Azorius-adjacent Commander decks run Skycloud Expanse, and when a copy reaches a player's hand, it's played 79% of the time, with a median first-cast turn of 5.0.

Skycloud Expanse is a reliable two-color land for any deck that wants both White and Blue mana. Across 626 multiplayer Commander games tracked on Playgroup Live, 21% of eligible decks bring it to the table, and drawn copies are played 79% of the time before the game ends.

The card costs {1} and a tap to produce {W}{U}, which means it's never truly "free" mana. That small overhead shows up in the first-cast-turn data: the median is turn 5.0, later than a basic land or a zero-cost rock, but consistent with how players sequence their mana curve. Once it resolves, it almost never leaves play. Battlefield stickiness sits at 93%, which is typical for a non-interactive land.

The commander distribution is broad. 341 distinct players have brought Skycloud Expanse to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 3%% of all instances. That spread gives the data real-world grounding across many different playstyles and pod sizes.

At a glance

21% of tracked Commander decks in its color identity include Skycloud Expanse
79% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T5.0 median turn of first play
93% battlefield stickiness once the land enters play
341 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game
28% draw rate across all participations, typical for a 100-card singleton

First-cast turn

n=152

15%

12%

10%

36%

T6-9

11%

T10+

Median 5.0 P25 3 · P75 8 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 47%

The "good card" funnel

693 brought · 341 players

Brought to game

693

Ever drawn

192

Reached battlefield

152

Still on board at game end

142

79%

Of 693 copies brought to multiplayer games, 192 were drawn, 152 of those were played, and nearly all of them remained on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ -3.1pp

Players who cast this card win 28% of the time (n=150) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=451).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 35% (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 +4.4pp; 95% confidence interval -3.1pp to +11.9pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

207 instances

1.4%

Library

68.6%

Battlefield

13.5%

Graveyard

2.4%

Exile

The vast majority of Skycloud Expanse copies end each game still in the library, the expected outcome for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Copies that do see play overwhelmingly stay on the battlefield.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander list skews heavily toward Azorius and wider Blue-White builds, confirming that Skycloud Expanse finds a home wherever White and Blue overlap in the color identity.

Frequently Asked

How often is Skycloud Expanse drawn in a Commander game?

Across 626 tracked multiplayer games where Skycloud Expanse was in a deck, it was drawn 28% of the time. That figure is consistent with what you'd expect for a singleton land in a 100-card deck. Of 192 copies that reached a hand, 79% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Skycloud Expanse typically come down?

The median first-cast turn is 5.0. The distribution spreads fairly wide, with a 25th-percentile landing as early as turn 3 and a 75th percentile around turn 8. That range reflects the difference between drawing it in the opening hand versus picking it up mid-game off the top of the deck.

Does casting Skycloud Expanse correlate with winning?

In the multiplayer dataset, the win-rate lift for casting Skycloud Expanse over leaving it in the library is +4.4 percentage points. The lower bound of the confidence interval crosses zero on this sample size, so treat this as a directional signal rather than a proven effect. Decks that include good mana-fixing tend to be better-built in general, which makes isolating the land's individual contribution difficult.

Is Skycloud Expanse legal in Commander?

Yes. Skycloud Expanse is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander, Premodern, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Pauper, Brawl, or Historic. Its color identity is White and Blue, so it fits into any Commander deck that contains at least one of those colors.

How concentrated is the data? Is one player inflating the numbers?

The data is well-spread. 341 distinct players have brought Skycloud Expanse to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the single heaviest contributor represents just 3%% of all instances. That is well below the 15% threshold where concentration becomes a concern, so the dataset reflects a genuine cross-section of decks and playstyles.

Which commanders most often run Skycloud Expanse?

The top pairing in the multiplayer data is Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, followed by Ms. Bumbleflower and Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. All three commanders sit in Azorius or broader Blue-White-inclusive color identities, which matches exactly what you'd expect: Skycloud Expanse is a strict Blue-White land and only slots into decks that can run both colors.