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Live Play Data

Thornspire Verge

Land · Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK)
8%
Live Inclusion
Buy on TCGplayer
Times Brought
587
Decks Running
284
Median Cast Turn
3.0
Drawn → Played
82%
Format
Multiplayer 1v1

82% of drawn Thornspire Verge copies reach the battlefield, and once it lands it sticks 92% of the time across 566 tracked multiplayer games.

Thornspire Verge is a Gruul dual land from Duskmourn: House of Horror that taps for Red or Green, with the Green ability gating on controlling a Mountain or Forest. In 566 tracked multiplayer Commander games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 8% of participating decks and converts drawn copies to cast at a rate of 82%.

That draw-to-play figure is high for a land. Players who see Thornspire Verge almost always play it before the game ends, which is consistent with the card entering play early: median first-cast turn is 3.0, and the mode of the distribution falls on turn 2. The gate condition on Green mana is rarely a real obstacle in a deck already running Mountains and Forests, and the data bears that out.

The dataset is spread across 252 distinct players, with the single heaviest contributor accounting for only 4%% of instances. That spread gives the numbers reasonable breadth for a card at this inclusion level. Read the win-rate figures as directional rather than conclusive; the sample is honest but not large enough to claim a definitive edge.

At a glance
  • 8% of tracked multiplayer Commander decks include Thornspire Verge
  • 82% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
  • T3.0 median first-cast turn across tracked games
  • 92% battlefield stickiness once the land enters play
  • 252 distinct players have brought Thornspire Verge to a tracked game
  • 34% normalized win rate in games where Thornspire Verge was played

First-cast turn

n=122
22%
T1
25%
T2
16%
T3
6%
T4
9%
T5
22%
T6-9
1%
T10+
Median 3.0 P25 2 · P75 5 · max 13
Cast same turn as drawn 53%

The "good card" funnel

587 brought · 252 players
Brought to game
587
Ever drawn
148
Reached battlefield
122
Still on board at game end
112
82%

Of 587 Thornspire Verge copies brought to games, 148 were drawn, 122 of those were cast, and the large majority remained on the battlefield at game's end.

≥ -1.6pp

Players who cast this card win 34% of the time (n=109) , vs 26% when it never left the library (n=356).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 56% (n=20) — 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 +7.8pp; 95% confidence interval -1.6pp to +17.2pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

161 instances
3.1%
Library
69.6%
Battlefield
13.0%
Graveyard
3.1%
Exile

The vast majority of Thornspire Verge copies never leave the library, which is expected for any singleton land in a 100-card deck. Among observed instances, the battlefield is by far the most common endpoint, reflecting the card's high play rate once drawn.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The top-commander list is spread across a mix of pure Gruul, Naya, and Temur builds, with no single commander dominating by a wide margin. That breadth reflects Thornspire Verge's usefulness in any deck touching both Red and Green.

Card text
Thornspire Verge card

Thornspire Verge

Land
{T}: Add {R}. {T}: Add {G}. Activate only if you control a Mountain or a Forest.
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) · Rare · Illustrated by Kasia 'Kafis' Zielińska

Frequently Asked

How often is Thornspire Verge drawn in a Commander game?
Across 566 tracked multiplayer games where Thornspire Verge was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is a normal draw rate for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 148 copies that reached a player's hand, 82% were played before the game ended.
What turn does Thornspire Verge usually enter the battlefield?
Median first-cast turn is 3.0, with the most common landing turn being turn 2. The p25-p75 range runs from turn 2 to turn 6, meaning the middle half of all observed plays cluster in the early game. Copies drawn late skew the mean upward, but the card is predominantly an early-game mana source.
Does the Green-mana gate condition matter in practice?
The oracle text requires you to control a Mountain or Forest to tap Thornspire Verge for Green. In practice, Gruul and Temur decks almost always have one of those basic land types in play by the time Thornspire Verge enters. The 82% draw-to-play rate and 3.0 median cast turn suggest the gate is not causing meaningful delays or dead draws in the decks tracked here.
Is Thornspire Verge legal in Commander?
Yes. Thornspire Verge is legal in Commander, as well as in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Alchemy, Brawl, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Pauper or Pauper Commander, where rares are excluded. It is not legal in Old School or Premodern due to set legality cutoffs.
Which commanders most often run Thornspire Verge?
Across tracked multiplayer games, Bello, Bard of the Brambles and Pantlaza, Sun-Favored each lead the top-commanders list, followed by Kibo, Uktabi Prince and Etali, Primal Conqueror. The spread covers pure Gruul (GR) commanders as well as Naya (GRW) and Temur (GRU) builds that include both red and green. This makes sense: the land's gate condition fits naturally in any shell that runs basics of either type.
What does the win-rate data say about Thornspire Verge?
Games where Thornspire Verge was cast show a normalized win rate of 34%, against 26% for games where it stayed in the library. That is a +7.8 percentage-point gap in favor of casting it. Both buckets are reasonably sized, but treat this as an early directional signal rather than a proven edge. The gap is consistent with Thornspire Verge enabling smooth mana rather than directly winning games.