Live Play Data

Yavimaya Coast

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

27%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

2344

Decks Running

1176

Median Cast Turn

3.0

Drawn → Played

76%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Yavimaya Coast sits in 27% of tracked multiplayer Commander decks and, when drawn, reaches the battlefield 76% of the time, with a median first-cast turn of 3.0.

Yavimaya Coast is the most-played pain land in Simic and multi-color Commander strategies tracked on Playgroup Live. 27% of the 4369 distinct decks in our dataset run it, spanning 1176 individual lists that have sat down for a live game.

The core job of this card is mundane and reliable: produce green or blue mana on any turn you need it, at the cost of 1 life. That bargain holds up across 2179 tracked games. When a copy reaches a player's hand, 76% of those copies end up on the battlefield. The median first-cast turn is 3.0, and 90% of cast copies survive through end of game, which is about as sticky as a land gets.

The win-rate signal is directional and worth noting. Games where Yavimaya Coast resolved showed a +6.1 percentage-point lift over games where it sat unplayed in the library. With 445 cast observations and 1472 library observations, both sample sizes are large enough to treat this as a consistent signal rather than noise. The card earns its slot as a reliable color-fixer across a wide swath of the Simic and Temur Commander space.

At a glance

27% of tracked Commander decks include Yavimaya Coast
76% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T3.0 median first-cast turn
90% battlefield stickiness once played
+6.1pp win-rate lift in games where the land resolved vs. sat in library
913 distinct players have brought Yavimaya Coast to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=476

17%

20%

14%

10%

24%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3.0 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 15

Cast same turn as drawn 51%

The "good card" funnel

2348 brought · 913 players

Brought to game

2348

Ever drawn

630

Reached battlefield

476

Still on board at game end

427

76%

Of 2348 copies brought to tracked games, 630 were drawn, 476 of those were cast, and the large majority stayed on the battlefield through the end of the game.

≥ +1.7pp

Players who cast this card win 30% of the time (n=445) , vs 24% when it never left the library (n=1472).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 34% (n=133) — 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 +6.1pp; 95% confidence interval +1.7pp to +10.5pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

680 instances

3.8%

Library

62.8%

Battlefield

13.1%

Graveyard

2.5%

Exile

The vast majority of Yavimaya Coast copies that reached play stayed on the battlefield through end of game. Copies that never left the library reflect the normal singleton odds of a 100-card deck rather than any weakness of the card.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Ms. Bumbleflower and Zimone, Infinite Analyst lead by raw deck count, but the commander list spans Simic, Temur, and five-color strategies, showing Yavimaya Coast is a format-wide color-fixing choice rather than a card tied to any single archetype.

Card text

Yavimaya Coast

Land

: Add

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. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) · Rare · Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing

Frequently Asked

How often is Yavimaya Coast drawn in a Commander game?

Across 2179 tracked multiplayer games where Yavimaya Coast was in the deck, it was drawn 27% of the time. That's a normal draw rate for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 630 instances that reached a player's hand, 76% were played before the game ended.

What turn does Yavimaya Coast usually hit the battlefield?

The median first-cast turn is 3.0. The distribution is front-loaded: a cluster lands on turns 1 and 2 when the land appears in the opening hand, with the bulk of remaining casts spread across turns 3 through 6. The p25 is turn 2 and the p75 is turn 6, so the middle of the distribution is a reliable early-game play.

Does casting Yavimaya Coast actually improve your win rate?

Games where Yavimaya Coast resolved show a +6.1 percentage-point win-rate lift versus games where it never left the library. This is based on 445 cast observations and 1472 library observations, making it one of the stronger signals in our dataset. It is directional evidence that the card earns its slot, though correlation with deck quality is always a factor with lands.

Is Yavimaya Coast legal in Commander?

Yes. Yavimaya Coast is legal and unrestricted in Commander. It is also legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and most other Constructed formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander, and is not available in Old School formats.

Which commanders most commonly run Yavimaya Coast?

Ms. Bumbleflower and Zimone, Infinite Analyst top the list among tracked multiplayer decks, each with the largest raw deck counts among Yavimaya Coast runners. The spread is wide, though: the data covers 913 distinct players and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 27% of instances, indicating healthy distribution across the player base rather than one player driving the numbers.

How sticky is Yavimaya Coast once it lands?

90% of cast copies were still on the battlefield at the end of the game. That figure is expected for a basic-style land with no enters-the-battlefield trigger to remove and no special vulnerability. The 1-life payment per colored mana tap is the only ongoing cost, which Commander's 40-life starting total absorbs comfortably in most games.