Live Play Data

Yavimaya Coast

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

30%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

550

Decks Running

321

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

75%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Yavimaya Coast appears in 30% of tracked Commander decks with green-blue in their color identity, and 75% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends, with a median first-cast turn of 4.0.

Yavimaya Coast is a reliable, low-friction dual land for green-blue Commander pods. It shows up in 321 of the 1062 distinct decks that have played a tracked game on Playgroup Live, an 30% inclusion rate among all tracked lists, and much higher within decks that can actually run it.

The play pattern is straightforward: Yavimaya Coast enters untapped, pays 1 life for colored mana, and stays. 92% of cast copies finish the game on the battlefield, which is about as sticky as a land gets. 75% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends. The median first cast lands on turn 4.0, consistent with players deploying it early as part of their mana base rather than holding it for any strategic reason.

The cast-vs-library win-rate delta is a positive +12.1 percentage points across a well-sampled set of games, suggesting that decks which draw and resolve this land outperform those that never see it. Because Yavimaya Coast is a mana-fixing piece rather than a threat, that signal likely reflects overall deck smoothness rather than any single swing the land produces.

At a glance

30% of tracked Commander decks include Yavimaya Coast
75% of drawn copies reach the battlefield before the game ends
T4.0 median turn of first cast, consistent with early mana deployment
92% battlefield stickiness once the land is played
271 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game, spreading the data widely
++12.1 win-rate lift (pp) for games where Yavimaya Coast resolved vs. never seen

First-cast turn

n=120

20%

12%

11%

10%

11%

28%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 15

Cast same turn as drawn 63%

The "good card" funnel

554 brought · 271 players

Brought to game

554

Ever drawn

159

Reached battlefield

120

Still on board at game end

110

75%

Of 554 Yavimaya Coasts brought to games, 159 were drawn, 120 of those were played to the battlefield, and the overwhelming majority remained in play through the end of the game.

≥ +3.7pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=120) , vs 20% when it never left the library (n=364).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 38% (n=37) — 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 +12.1pp; 95% confidence interval +3.7pp to +20.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

171 instances

2.9%

Library

64.3%

Battlefield

13.5%

Graveyard

1.2%

Exile

Virtually all observed Yavimaya Coast instances finish on the battlefield or in hand, a direct consequence of lands being difficult to remove and the card entering untapped into an active mana base.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Zimone, Infinite Analyst dominates the commander list by raw deck count, but the spread across green-blue, Temur, and five-color commanders shows Yavimaya Coast is not locked into a single archetype.

Frequently Asked

How often is Yavimaya Coast drawn in a Commander game?

Across 521 tracked games where Yavimaya Coast was in the deck, it was drawn 29% of the time. That rate is typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 159 instances that reached a player's hand, 75% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Yavimaya Coast usually hit the battlefield?

Median first-cast turn is 4.0. The distribution has a notable early cluster: 22 instances were played on turn 1, reflecting opening hands where the land was kept specifically to fix mana on the first turn. The interquartile range runs from turn 2 to turn 7, so it sees action across the full early-game window.

Is Yavimaya Coast legal in Commander?

Yes. Yavimaya Coast is legal and unrestricted in Commander, as well as in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander.

Does casting Yavimaya Coast actually improve win rate?

The data shows a +12.1 percentage-point lift in win rate for participations where the card resolved compared to participations where it stayed in the library. The sample is large enough to treat this as a directional signal rather than noise. Mana-fixing lands rarely produce dramatic swings on their own; the lift here most likely reflects that players who draw and deploy their dual lands run smoother, more consistent games.

Which commanders run Yavimaya Coast most often?

Zimone, Infinite Analyst leads the tracked data by a wide margin, followed by Ms. Bumbleflower, Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, and Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm. The spread across green-blue and green-blue-plus commanders is broad, consistent with Yavimaya Coast being a format-staple mana-fixer rather than a pick tied to any one strategy.

How concentrated is the Yavimaya Coast data among individual players?

271 distinct players have brought Yavimaya Coast to a tracked game. The single heaviest contributor accounts for 7% of all instances, well below the 30% threshold where concentration becomes a concern. The data is widely spread, which adds confidence to the directional signals shown here.