Live Play Data

Spire Garden

Land · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal (TMC)

22%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

919

Decks Running

453

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

80%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Spire Garden enters untapped in the vast majority of Commander games it sees play, and 80% of drawn copies are played before the game ends, with a median first-play turn of 3.

Spire Garden sits in 22% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, appearing in 453 of the 2017 distinct decks that have participated in a tracked game. For a Battlebond land that only enters untapped with two or more opponents, that is a clear signal it earns its slot in multiplayer pods.

The behavioral story is consistent: 80% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends, and the median first-play turn is 3. Players treat it as an early-game priority, not a late filler. The mode of the first-cast distribution is turn 1, reflecting how often it shows up in opening hands and gets slammed immediately as free red or green mana.

Spire Garden is part of the Battlebond "pain-free dual" cycle, designed explicitly for multiplayer Commander. Its two-or-more-opponents clause is almost never a liability in a four-player pod, which explains why it functions effectively as an untapped dual in this format. It is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Duel Commander, but not in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard.

At a glance

22% of tracked Commander decks include Spire Garden
80% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T3 median first-play turn, with turn 1 as the most common
94% battlefield stickiness once played
370 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game, a well-spread dataset

First-cast turn

n=183

23%

17%

13%

11%

25%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 62%

The "good card" funnel

921 brought · 370 players

Brought to game

921

Ever drawn

230

Reached battlefield

183

Still on board at game end

172

80%

Of 921 Spire Gardens brought to games, 230 were drawn, 183 of those were played, and the vast majority remained on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ -0.6pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=177) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=629).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 37% (n=45) — 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 +6.2pp; 95% confidence interval -0.6pp to +13.0pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

255 instances

4.7%

Library

67.5%

Battlefield

10.2%

Graveyard

4.7%

Exile

The overwhelming majority of Spire Garden instances that reach tracked games end on the battlefield or in hand, with very few remaining in the library. That contrasts sharply with most singleton cards and reflects how early and consistently players find and deploy it.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Leonardo, the Balance 28 decks
2 Baylen, the Haymaker 20 decks
3 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 18 decks
4 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 16 decks
5 Kibo, Uktabi Prince 13 decks
6 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 12 decks
7 Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid 11 decks
8 Atla Palani, Nest Tender 10 decks
9 Bello, Bard of the Brambles 10 decks
10 Toph, the First Metalbender 9 decks

The commander list spans Gruul, Naya, Jund, and five-color identities, confirming that Spire Garden is a format-wide inclusion rather than a card tied to any single archetype or strategy.

Frequently Asked

How often is Spire Garden drawn in a Commander game?

Across 852 tracked games where Spire Garden was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is in the normal range for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 230 instances that reached a player's hand, 80% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Spire Garden usually enter the battlefield?

The median first-play turn is 3, but the distribution skews early. Turn 1 is the single most common cast turn, driven by players who keep opening hands containing Spire Garden and lead with it immediately. The interquartile range runs from turn 2 to turn 6, so most plays land in the first few turns of the game.

Does Spire Garden actually enter untapped in Commander?

In practice, yes. Its clause requires two or more opponents, which is the default state in a four-player pod. The data reflects this: the card is treated as a functional untapped dual the vast majority of the time in multiplayer games. In Duel Commander (one opponent), the clause is never satisfied, so it always enters tapped. Our Duel stats track that format separately.

Is Spire Garden legal in Commander?

Yes. Spire Garden is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander, Gladiator, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Pauper, or Brawl. Its home is clearly multiplayer formats, where the two-or-more-opponents clause is almost always active.

Which commanders most often run Spire Garden?

On Playgroup Live, Leonardo, the Balance leads the list at 453 total tracked decks including the card. The commander spread is broad: the top commanders span Gruul, Naya, Jund, and five-color identities, which makes sense given Spire Garden only fits decks containing both red and green. No single commander dominates the sample.

How concentrated is the Spire Garden data across players?

The data is well-spread. 370 distinct players have brought Spire Garden to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 4% of all instances. That kind of distribution strengthens the reliability of the behavioral patterns we observe, though the dataset is still directional rather than statistically conclusive given the overall sample size.