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Live Play Data

Stormcarved Coast

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
19%
Live Inclusion
Buy on TCGplayer
Times Brought
1080
Decks Running
542
Median Cast Turn
4.0
Drawn → Played
73%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1

Stormcarved Coast appears in 19% of Izzet-accessible decks tracked on Playgroup Live, and 73% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends, with a median first play on turn 4.0.

Stormcarved Coast is the go-to dual land for Izzet ({U}/{R}) Commander decks on Playgroup Live, sitting in 19% of tracked decks and appearing across 542 distinct lists in the dataset.

The card's appeal is straightforward: it enters untapped whenever you control two or more other lands, which covers nearly every turn from turn 3 onward. When it reaches a player's hand, 73% of copies make it to the battlefield before the game ends. The median first play is turn 4.0, consistent with a land that often rides out early turns in hand while waiting for the right moment. Concentration is healthy: 460 distinct players have brought it to tracked games, and no single player accounts for more than a small share of observations, making the dataset broadly representative.

The commander spread tells the broader story: Tony Stark, Vivi Ornitier, Davros, and Nekusar are all near the top, covering both pure Izzet and Grixis builds that lean on the {U}/{R} pip. Stormcarved Coast is a format role-player rather than a build-around, slotting into any two- or three-color shell that runs blue and red.

At a glance
  • 19% of tracked Izzet-identity decks include Stormcarved Coast
  • 73% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
  • T4.0 median first-play turn across all tracked instances
  • 92% battlefield stickiness once the land enters play
  • 460 distinct players have contributed tracked games with this card

First-cast turn

n=222
10%
T1
9%
T2
26%
T3
12%
T4
10%
T5
26%
T6-9
7%
T10+
Median 4.0 P25 3 · P75 6 · max 14
Cast same turn as drawn 47%

The "good card" funnel

1082 brought · 460 players
Brought to game
1082
Ever drawn
304
Reached battlefield
222
Still on board at game end
205
73%

Of 1082 Stormcarved Coasts brought to tracked games, 304 were drawn, 222 of those reached the battlefield, and 92% stayed there through the end of game.

≥ +5.8pp

Players who cast this card win 33% of the time (n=217) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=698).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 50% (n=74) — 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 +12.0pp; 95% confidence interval +5.8pp to +18.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

330 instances
3.0%
Library
62.1%
Battlefield
15.2%
Graveyard
4.2%
Exile

Most Stormcarved Coasts end games on the battlefield, a structural contrast to non-land singletons where the majority never leave the library. Lands get played when drawn, and this one is no exception.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Tony Stark leads with the most decks, but the list spans over ten distinct commanders across Izzet and Grixis color identities, showing Stormcarved Coast is a broad mana-base staple rather than a staple of one specific archetype.

Frequently Asked

How often is Stormcarved Coast drawn in a Commander game?
Across 992 tracked multiplayer Commander games where Stormcarved Coast was in the deck, it was drawn 28% of the time. That is broadly normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 304 instances that reached a player's hand, 73% were played before the game ended.
What turn does Stormcarved Coast typically hit the battlefield?
Median first-play turn is 4.0, with the 25th percentile at turn 3 and the 75th percentile at turn 6. The mode is turn 3, reflecting the land's core use case: hold it in an early hand, then drop it untapped once two other lands are already in play. The hand-to-cast median of 1 turn suggests players rarely sit on it longer than a single turn once conditions are met.
Does casting Stormcarved Coast correlate with winning?
In 217 participations where Stormcarved Coast reached the battlefield, the normalized win rate was 33%, compared to 21% in 698 participations where it stayed in the library the whole game. That is a +12.0 percentage-point directional lift. Both buckets are reasonably sized, so this is a consistent early signal, though the dataset is still growing and we would not call it definitive.
Is Stormcarved Coast banned anywhere?
No. Stormcarved Coast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Standard, and every other tracked format except Pauper (where rares are not legal) and Pauper Commander. It has no ban history. Its power level is appropriate for all those formats because it enters tapped without two other lands in play, a real cost in faster formats.
Which commanders most commonly run Stormcarved Coast?
On Playgroup Live, Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man leads the list with 1082 total instances across all decks, followed by Davros, Fire Lord Azula, and Vivi Ornitier. The distribution spans pure Izzet commanders and Grixis builds that include blue and red, confirming the land is a mana-base staple rather than synergy-dependent.
How reliable is the Stormcarved Coast data on Playgroup Live?
The multiplayer dataset covers 992 tracked games with 542 decks including the card. Concentration is well-spread: 460 unique players have contributed games, and the single largest contributor accounts for just 28% of instances, so no single player's habits skew the numbers. Read the win-rate figures as directional rather than statistically conclusive given the still-growing sample.