Yavimaya Coast
Yavimaya Coast appears in 7% of tracked Commander decks, but among Simic and Simic-adjacent players it earns its slot: 71% of drawn copies are cast, and once on the battlefield it survives to game's end 97% of the time.
Yavimaya Coast is a format-legal painland that trades 1 life for a blue or green mana. Across 155 tracked games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 7% of all decks, which reflects its color-identity gate. Only decks running green and/or blue can include it, and within that slice it is a reliable mana fixture.
The draw-to-play rate tells the clearest story: 71% of drawn copies reach the battlefield. That matches the baseline for efficient, no-strings-attached lands. The remaining 29% largely disappears to game-length effects rather than player hesitation. When players do hold it, the median delay is zero turns, meaning roughly 59% of the time it gets played the same turn it is drawn.
Yavimaya Coast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and most other sanctioned formats. In Commander it fits any deck whose color identity includes green, blue, or both, making it a default consideration for Simic, Temur, Sultai, and five-color builds alike.
- 7% inclusion rate across all tracked Commander decks
- 71% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
- 97% battlefield stickiness — lands almost never leave play
- T4 median first-cast turn
- 59% of drawn-and-cast copies played the same turn they were drawn
- 118 distinct tracked decks include Yavimaya Coast
First-cast turn
n=53The "good card" funnel
251 broughtOf 165 copies brought to games, 45 were drawn and 35 of those were cast, a 71% draw-to-play rate that holds steady with what you'd expect from an enters-untapped dual land.
Players who cast this card win 36% of the time (n=53) , vs 33% when it never left the library (n=177).
Final zone distribution
251 instances117 of 165 brought copies finished in the library, a normal outcome for a singleton land in a 100-card deck — the card simply wasn't drawn, not avoided.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
35 decks
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2
Ureni of the Unwritten
15 decks
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3
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
14 decks
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4
Ms. Bumbleflower
13 decks
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5
Flubs, the Fool
9 decks
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6
Quandrix, the Proof
9 decks
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7
Kenrith, the Returned King
8 decks
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8
Omo, Queen of Vesuva
7 decks
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9
Riku of Many Paths
7 decks
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10
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
6 decks
Zimone, Infinite Analyst accounts for 29 of the 118 decks, making it the single dominant home, but the remaining nine commanders spread across Temur, Sultai, Bant, and five-color builds show how broadly green-blue mana fits the format.
How often is Yavimaya Coast actually drawn in a Commander game? ▾
In our dataset, Yavimaya Coast was drawn in 27% of the deck-instances where it was included. That is slightly above the theoretical baseline for a singleton in a 100-card deck, consistent with what you'd expect from a land that players often keep in opening hands. Of the 45 instances we observed reaching a hand, 35 were cast before the game ended, a 71% draw-to-play rate.
Does casting Yavimaya Coast correlate with winning? ▾
Early signal only, given sample sizes. Decks that cast Yavimaya Coast won 37% of the time across 35 cast-instances. Decks where it stayed in the library won 33% of the time across 117 library-instances. The delta of roughly 3.8 percentage points is directional but both buckets are too small to treat as conclusive. The 25% baseline for a 4-player pod is the right mental anchor.
What commanders run Yavimaya Coast most often? ▾
Zimone, Infinite Analyst leads with 29 decks in our dataset, which is not surprising for a Simic commander that rewards efficient mana. Ms. Bumbleflower (Bant, 13 decks) and Ureni of the Unwritten (Temur, 11 decks) follow. The top-10 list spans Simic, Temur, Sultai, Bant, and five-color builds, reflecting that any color identity containing green or blue can slot this land in.
Why is the battlefield stickiness so high at 97%? ▾
Lands are the most resilient permanent type in Commander. They dodge most removal, are rarely sacrificed voluntarily, and only leave play through dedicated land destruction or sacrifice effects. 97% stickiness for Yavimaya Coast is entirely expected and mirrors what we see for other basic and near-basic lands in the dataset. It tells you the card does its job quietly and stays out of trouble.
Is Yavimaya Coast banned anywhere? ▾
No. Yavimaya Coast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Premodern, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. There is no ban or restriction on it in any format where it is currently listed as legal.
What turn does Yavimaya Coast typically enter the battlefield? ▾
The median first-cast turn is 4, with a 25th-percentile of turn 2 and a 75th-percentile of turn 7. That wide spread reflects two scenarios: players who keep it in an opening hand and drop it early, and players who draw it mid-game and play it immediately because it enters untapped. The same-turn play rate of 59% confirms that most players deploy it without delay once it hits their hand.