Live Play Data

Blighted Woodland

Land · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

583

Decks Running

290

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

84%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

84% of drawn Blighted Woodlands are cast before the game ends, and the median first cast lands on turn 4 across 561 tracked multiplayer games on Playgroup Live.

Blighted Woodland earns its slot as a utility land that doubles as ramp. Across 561 tracked multiplayer Commander games on Playgroup Live, 84% of drawn copies reached the cast step before the game concluded, a strong conversion rate for a land that asks {3}{G} and a sacrifice to fire its ability.

The card sits in 290 of 9877 distinct tracked decks, an 3% inclusion rate. That figure reflects a deliberate niche: Blighted Woodland is not a universal staple, but a consistent pick in green shells that want to thin the library, hit land-drop milestones, or trigger landfall twice at once. Median first cast lands on turn 4, which aligns with when players typically have the mana to sacrifice it productively.

The commander distribution is broad. Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait leads with 26 decks, but the list spreads across a wide range of green-inclusive strategies from Squirrel tribal to Omnath landfall to Korvold sacrifice. That spread is an early signal that Blighted Woodland fits into green ramp broadly rather than a single archetype. No single player accounts for a disproportionate share of the data: the heaviest contributor represents 254 unique players total, and the top contributor is 7% of all tracked instances.

At a glance

3% of tracked Commander decks include Blighted Woodland
84% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T4 median first-cast turn across multiplayer games
57% battlefield stickiness once cast (land stays or ability fires)
254 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game
24% draw rate, consistent with singleton in a 100-card deck

First-cast turn

n=117

13%

10%

13%

15%

13%

26%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 3 · P75 7 · max 15

Cast same turn as drawn 47%

The "good card" funnel

584 brought · 254 players

Brought to game

584

Ever drawn

139

Reached battlefield

117

Still on board at game end

84%

Of 584 Blighted Woodlands brought to games, 139 were drawn, 117 of those were cast, and the majority resolved and either stuck on the battlefield or went to the graveyard after their ability fired.

≥ -1.9pp

Players who cast this card win 27% of the time (n=113) , vs 21% when it never left the library (n=393).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 43% (n=22) — 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 +6.7pp; 95% confidence interval -1.9pp to +15.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

147 instances

2.7%

Library

45.6%

Battlefield

38.1%

Graveyard

2.7%

Exile

Most Blighted Woodlands that were observed end in the graveyard after firing their sacrifice ability, which is exactly what you want from the card: it does its job and leaves.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

Aesi leads at 26 decks but the commander list spans ten or more distinct archetypes, showing Blighted Woodland is a broad green ramp include rather than a single-deck pick.

Card text

Blighted Woodland

Land

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) · Uncommon · Illustrated by Jason Felix

Frequently Asked

How often is Blighted Woodland drawn in a Commander game?

In 561 tracked multiplayer games where Blighted Woodland was in the deck, it was drawn 24% of the time. That is normal for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of those 139 instances that reached a player's hand, 84% were cast before the game ended. The remainder is mostly a game-length effect: copies drawn deep into a long game sometimes never get to fire.

What turn does Blighted Woodland's sacrifice ability typically get used?

Median first cast lands on turn 4, with the middle half of casts falling between turns 3 and 7. That timing makes sense for the ability: you need {3}{G} available on top of already having the land in play, so most players wait until they have a comfortable mana base before pulling the trigger. Early casts on turns 1-2 likely represent games where the land was kept in the opening hand but held until the ability was affordable.

Does casting Blighted Woodland actually improve your win rate?

In 113 tracked participations where Blighted Woodland was cast, the normalized win rate was 27%. In participations where it stayed in the library, the rate was 21%. The +6.7 percentage-point gap is a directional positive signal, but both sample sizes are modest. Treat it as early evidence rather than a definitive conclusion.

Which commanders run Blighted Woodland most?

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait leads the tracked data with 26 decks, followed by Adrix and Nev, Twincasters and Kathril, Aspect Warper at 6 each. The spread across landfall, token, and sacrifice commanders suggests Blighted Woodland earns its slot in any green deck that values guaranteed basic land fetches and library thinning, not just dedicated lands-matter builds.

Is Blighted Woodland legal in Commander?

Yes. Blighted Woodland is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Duel Commander, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Standard, Brawl, Pauper, Pauper Commander, or Historic. Its green color identity restricts it to Commander decks that include green.

How concentrated is the Blighted Woodland data across players?

254 distinct players have brought Blighted Woodland to at least one tracked game. The single heaviest contributor accounts for 7% of all tracked instances. With a top-contributor share well under 15% and over 200 unique players, the dataset is well spread. That makes the directional patterns here more representative than data dominated by one or two prolific players.