Live Play Data

Springbloom Druid

· Creature — Elf Druid · Foundations (FDN)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

664

Decks Running

378

Median Cast Turn

4.5

Drawn → Played

72%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Springbloom Druid appears in 5% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 72% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, median cast turn 4.5.

Springbloom Druid is a consistent ramp piece in green Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live. Found in 378 of the 7796 decks in the dataset, it shows up in 5% of tracked lists, a focused rather than universal inclusion that reflects its role as a specialist tool in landfall and sacrifice strategies.

When drawn, 72% of copies reach the battlefield before the game ends. Median first cast lands on turn 4.5, with the distribution clustering heavily between turns 3 and 7. Players do not tend to slam it immediately on draw: the median time from hand to cast is 1 turn, and only 34% of cast instances happen on the same turn it was drawn, suggesting players time the sacrifice carefully around their land count and board state.

The commander spread is telling. Dina, Essence Brewer leads the field, alongside Hearthhull, the Worldseed and Teval, the Balanced Scale. The pattern points squarely at Golgari and Jund lists that value enter-the-battlefield triggers, sacrifice outlets, and landfall payoffs. Springbloom Druid is not a generic ramp card here. It earns its slot by doing double duty: fixing mana and triggering synergies on the way in.

At a glance

5% of tracked Commander decks include Springbloom Druid
72% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T4.5 median first-cast turn
34% of casts happen the same turn it is drawn, players time the sacrifice deliberately
335 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game, data is well spread
34% battlefield stickiness once cast, reflecting its creature body staying in play

First-cast turn

n=120

11%

21%

17%

10%

34%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.5 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 18

On curve 33% (25 / 120 cast on T3) Cast same turn as drawn 34%

The "good card" funnel

664 brought · 335 players

Brought to game

664

Ever drawn

167

Reached battlefield

120

Still on board at game end

72%

Of 664 Springbloom Druids brought to games, 167 were drawn, 120 of those were cast, and roughly a third of cast copies were still on the battlefield when the game ended.

≥ -5.9pp

Players who cast this card win 24% of the time (n=108) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=412).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 34% (n=40) — 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 +2.3pp; 95% confidence interval -5.9pp to +10.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

198 instances

3.5%

Library

20.7%

Battlefield

50.5%

Graveyard

8.6%

Exile

Most tracked copies end the game in the graveyard, reflecting the Druid's creature body dying over the course of play rather than any lack of impact. The land-fetching trigger has already resolved long before that.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Dina, Essence Brewer leads by a wide margin, with Hearthhull and Teval close behind, pointing to a clear concentration in Golgari and Jund shells that want enter-the-battlefield and sacrifice synergies.

Card text

Springbloom Druid

Creature — Elf Druid

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

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Foundations (FDN) · Common · Illustrated by Randy Gallegos

Frequently Asked

How often is Springbloom Druid drawn in a Commander game?

In 641 tracked multiplayer Commander games where Springbloom Druid was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 167 instances that reached a player's hand, 72% were cast before the game ended.

What turn does Springbloom Druid typically get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 4.5, with the 25th percentile at turn 3 and the 75th percentile at turn 7. The distribution is relatively spread, consistent with a card that players hold for the right moment rather than deploying at their first opportunity. The same-turn cast rate of 34% backs this up: most players wait at least a turn after drawing it.

Does casting Springbloom Druid correlate with winning?

Win rate when cast is 24% across 108 observed participations. Win rate when the card stayed in the library is 21% across 412 participations. The gap is a directional early signal rather than a conclusive finding. Both sample sizes are meaningful, but the confidence interval around the delta still crosses zero in this dataset, so we describe it as consistent rather than proven.

Which commanders run Springbloom Druid most often?

Dina, Essence Brewer tops the list in tracked live games, followed by Hearthhull, the Worldseed and Teval, the Balanced Scale. The common thread is Golgari and Jund color identities that prize enter-the-battlefield effects, sacrifice synergies, and landfall triggers. Springbloom Druid feeds all three at once, which explains why it clusters in these archetypes rather than spreading evenly across green decks.

Is Springbloom Druid legal in all formats?

Springbloom Druid from Foundations is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Pauper, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Standard, Alchemy, Historic, Timeless, Brawl, Gladiator, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Old School or Premodern. Its common rarity makes it one of the few dedicated landfall ramp pieces available in Pauper Commander pods.

How concentrated is the Springbloom Druid data among individual players?

The data is well spread. 335 distinct players have brought Springbloom Druid to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 3% of all instances. That breadth gives the statistics here more credibility than a card dominated by one or two regular players, though Playgroup Live's dataset overall remains modest and all figures should be read as directional.