Live Play Data

Sulfurous Springs

Land · Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC)

27%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

952

Decks Running

522

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

77%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Found in 27% of tracked Commander decks in its color identity, Sulfurous Springs reaches the battlefield in 87% of games where it's cast, with a median first-cast turn of 4.0.

Sulfurous Springs is a reliable {B}/{R} dual land that shows up in 27% of the 1928 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live. That figure reflects its standing as one of the cleaner pain-land options available to black-red and three-color builds that need early, consistent mana.

When a copy reaches a player's hand, 77% of those copies get played before the game ends. Median first-cast turn is 4.0, and the spread is wide: the distribution runs from turn 1 through turn 13, with a cluster in turns 2-3 suggesting players who open with it drop it immediately. Once on the battlefield, it stays there. 87% stickiness is about as permanent as a land gets.

The card is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and most other constructed formats. Its self-damage clause is a real cost at low life totals, but in a 40-life Commander game it rarely becomes the deciding factor. The data so far is consistent with what seasoned players already know: when you're in {B}/{R} or adjacent colors and need your second or third land to produce colored mana on curve, Sulfurous Springs earns its slot.

At a glance

27% of tracked Commander decks in its color range include Sulfurous Springs
25% draw rate across tracked participations
77% of drawn copies reached the battlefield before the game ended
T4.0 median first-cast turn
87% battlefield stickiness once played
408 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=186

12%

17%

14%

13%

12%

28%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 48%

The "good card" funnel

958 brought · 408 players

Brought to game

958

Ever drawn

243

Reached battlefield

186

Still on board at game end

162

77%

Of 958 copies brought to games, 243 were drawn, 186 of those were played, and 87% of played copies stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +2.9pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=181) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=630).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 33% (n=56) — 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 +9.6pp; 95% confidence interval +2.9pp to +16.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

279 instances

2.9%

Library

58.1%

Battlefield

23.7%

Graveyard

3.9%

Exile

The overwhelming majority of Sulfurous Springs copies end the game on the battlefield, a natural outcome for a land that rarely gets exiled or sacrificed. Only a small fraction finish in the graveyard or hand, reflecting games that ended before those copies could be played.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls 37 decks
2 Hearthhull, the Worldseed 27 decks
3 Terra, Herald of Hope 27 decks
4 Sauron, the Dark Lord 24 decks
5 Sauron, Lord of the Rings 21 decks
6 Ulalek, Fused Atrocity 17 decks
7 Edgar Markov 16 decks
8 Kaalia of the Vast 16 decks
9 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied 13 decks
10 Mr. House, President and CEO 12 decks

The top-commander list spans straight Rakdos builds all the way up to five-color decks, showing that Sulfurous Springs earns slots wherever {B} and {R} mana needs to be consistent. No single commander dominates by a wide margin, so this is a format-wide pickup rather than an archetype-specific tool.

Frequently Asked

How often is Sulfurous Springs drawn in a Commander game?

Across 881 tracked multiplayer games where the card was in a deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is consistent with baseline expectations for a singleton land in a 100-card deck. Of 243 instances that reached a player's hand, 77% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Sulfurous Springs typically come into play?

Median first-cast turn is 4.0, with the interquartile range running from turn 2 to turn 7. The distribution shows a cluster in turns 1 through 3, reflecting copies kept in opening hands and played as early land drops. The tail extends to turn 13, representing late draws in long games. The mode is turn 2, so the most common single scenario is a turn-2 drop.

Does casting Sulfurous Springs correlate with winning?

In 181 participations where the card was cast, the normalized win rate is 30%. In participations where it stayed in the library, the win rate is 21%. The +9.6 percentage-point gap is a directional early signal, but both buckets are still building toward statistical confidence. Read it as a positive indicator, not a proven edge.

Is Sulfurous Springs legal in Commander?

Yes. Sulfurous Springs is legal in Commander (multiplayer and duel), as well as Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. The 1-damage clause does not interact with Commander's 21-combat-damage rule.

How concentrated is the data across players?

The dataset is well-spread. 408 distinct players have brought Sulfurous Springs to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 4% of all instances. That breadth strengthens confidence in the aggregate numbers and reduces the risk that one prolific player's results are skewing the picture.

Which commanders most commonly run Sulfurous Springs?

Among tracked multiplayer games, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls leads the list with 22 decks, followed by Terra, Herald of Hope at 17 and Hearthhull, the Worldseed at 15. The spread covers straight Rakdos ({B}/{R}), three-color builds that include red and black, and even five-color commanders. That breadth confirms the land's role as a generic dual rather than a niche pick for one archetype.