Live Play Data

Stomping Ground

Land — Mountain Forest · Edge of Eternities (EOE)

41%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

983

Decks Running

530

Median Cast Turn

3.0

Drawn → Played

84%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Stomping Ground is in 41% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 84% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-play turn of 3.0.

Stomping Ground slots into 41% of the 1302 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, making it one of the more common dual lands we see across the Gruul and multicolor meta. Its presence across 530 distinct decks reflects its role as a reliable untapped source of both red and green mana.

The draw-to-play number is the standout: 84% of drawn copies are played before the game ends. That is among the highest rates we track for any land, which makes sense. Players virtually never hold a fetchable dual in hand when they need the mana. Median first-play lands on turn 3.0, with the mode at turn 1, confirming how often it shows up in opening hands and gets put straight into play.

Across 818 tracked multiplayer games, Stomping Ground appears most often under Gruul, Naya, and five-color commanders. The top-commander list spans a wide range of color identities, which is the clearest signal that it functions as a format-level fixing staple rather than a card tied to one specific archetype.

At a glance

41% of tracked Commander decks run Stomping Ground
84% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
T3.0 median first-play turn, with mode at turn 1
91% battlefield stickiness once it enters play
379 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game
35% win rate in games where Stomping Ground reached the battlefield

First-cast turn

n=300

23%

19%

11%

12%

10%

23%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 18

Cast same turn as drawn 57%

The "good card" funnel

985 brought · 379 players

Brought to game

985

Ever drawn

356

Reached battlefield

300

Still on board at game end

272

84%

Of 985 Stomping Grounds brought to games, 356 were drawn, 300 of those were played, and the large majority remained on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +4.9pp

Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=299) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=572).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 23% (n=53) — 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 +10.7pp; 95% confidence interval +4.9pp to +16.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

381 instances

2.6%

Library

71.4%

Battlefield

11.3%

Graveyard

3.4%

Exile

The vast majority of Stomping Ground copies end the game on the battlefield or in the graveyard, reflecting that lands get played and occasionally destroyed rather than sitting undrawn in the library.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 26 decks
2 Baylen, the Haymaker 18 decks
3 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 15 decks
4 Hearthhull, the Worldseed 14 decks
5 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 13 decks
6 Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid 12 decks
7 Flubs, the Fool 11 decks
8 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 11 decks
9 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 11 decks
10 Aragorn, the Uniter 10 decks

The Ur-Dragon leads the list with the most Stomping Ground decks, but the spread across Gruul, Naya, and five-color commanders shows this is a format-wide fixing staple rather than a card owned by one strategy.

Frequently Asked

How often is Stomping Ground drawn in a Commander game?

In 818 tracked games where Stomping Ground was in the deck, it was drawn 36% of the time. That is consistent with what you expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 356 instances that reached a player's hand, 84% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Stomping Ground typically hit the battlefield?

The median first-play turn is 3.0 in multiplayer games, but the mode is turn 1. That split reflects two clusters: copies in opening hands played immediately for early fixing, and copies drawn later in the game that still enter promptly. The p25 is turn 2 and the p75 is turn 6, so the distribution is fairly wide.

Does playing Stomping Ground correlate with winning?

Games where Stomping Ground reached the battlefield show a win rate of 35%, compared to 24% in games where it stayed in the library. The gap is +10.7 percentage points. With 299 observations in the cast bucket and 572 in the library bucket, this is a real directional signal, though Playgroup Live's dataset is still growing and should be read as early evidence rather than a definitive conclusion.

Is Stomping Ground legal in Commander?

Yes. Stomping Ground is legal in Commander and the vast majority of other sanctioned formats, including Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, and Standard. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander, where only common-rarity cards are permitted, and it is not legal in Old School or Premodern.

Which commanders most often run Stomping Ground?

On Playgroup Live, The Ur-Dragon leads with the most Stomping Ground decks, followed by a spread of Gruul, Naya, and multicolor commanders. The breadth of the list matters more than any single entry: no one archetype dominates, which is consistent with Stomping Ground's role as format-wide Gruul fixing.

How concentrated is the Stomping Ground data across players?

The dataset is well-spread. 379 distinct players have brought Stomping Ground to a tracked game on Playgroup Live, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 3% of all tracked instances. That is a healthy distribution, which lends the observed patterns more confidence than if a handful of players dominated the sample.