Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog appears in 19% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live. When drawn, it reaches the battlefield 66% of the time, with a median first-cast turn of 6.
Bojuka Bog is Commander's most-played free graveyard wipe, tucked into a land slot so it costs nothing beyond entering tapped. Across 356 tracked games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 19% of all decks, appearing in 323 of the 1,678 distinct decks recorded.
The draw-to-play rate lands at 66%: when a player finds the Bog in hand, two-thirds of the time it hits the battlefield before the game ends. The median first-cast turn is 6, later than a typical mana rock, which makes sense for a land that often gets held until a relevant graveyard appears. Players sit on it for a median of 1 turn after drawing it before casting, and 48% slam it the same turn they draw it.
The win-rate delta is a modest +2.5 percentage points (36.6% in games where it was cast versus 34.2% where it stayed in the library). Both buckets have healthy sample sizes, but the delta is small enough to treat as directional. The Bog's value is largely disruptive and defensive rather than something that directly accelerates your own win.
- 19% inclusion rate across all tracked Commander decks
- 66% of drawn Bogs reach the battlefield before the game ends
- T6 median first-cast turn, reflecting strategic timing rather than curve constraints
- 48% of draws lead to a same-turn cast
- 89% battlefield stickiness once it enters
- +2.5pp win-rate uplift when cast vs. sitting in the library (directional)
First-cast turn
n=109The "good card" funnel
679 broughtOf 434 Bojuka Bogs brought to games, 104 were drawn, 71 of those were cast, and 63 remained on the battlefield when the game ended.
Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=109) , vs 36% when it never left the library (n=504).
Final zone distribution
679 instances319 of 434 Bogs never leave the library, the expected baseline for a singleton in a 100-card deck, not a sign of underperformance.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Killian, Decisive Mentor
47 decks
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2
Dina, Essence Brewer
40 decks
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3
Hearthhull, the Worldseed
17 decks
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4
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
11 decks
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5
Witherbloom, the Balancer
11 decks
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6
High Perfect Morcant
10 decks
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7
Urza, Chief Artificer
9 decks
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8
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
9 decks
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9
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
8 decks
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10
Captain N'ghathrod
8 decks
Killian and Dina account for most appearances, but the card spreads across at least ten distinct commanders, reflecting its fit in any black shell rather than a single archetype.
How often is Bojuka Bog drawn in a Commander game? ▾
In games where Bojuka Bog was in the deck, it was drawn in 24% of deck-instances across 356 tracked games. That is consistent with what you'd expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 104 instances where it reached a hand, 71 were cast before the game ended, a draw-to-play rate of 66%.
What turn does Bojuka Bog usually enter the battlefield? ▾
The median first-cast turn is 6, with the middle 50% of casts landing between turns 3 and 7. There is a notable cluster on turn 1 (13 instances), which represents players keeping it in an opening hand and dropping it as their land for the turn. The late-game skew reflects players holding it strategically until a key graveyard becomes worth targeting.
Why do players hold Bojuka Bog rather than playing it immediately? ▾
Because its enters-the-battlefield trigger is what makes it valuable, and that trigger requires a target. Playing it into an empty graveyard wastes the effect and puts a tapped land into play, costing tempo. Players with other land drops available will often wait for an opponent to fill a graveyard with something threatening, such as a Reanimator package or a full yard for Mimeoplasm. The median hand-to-cast delay of 1 turn and a same-turn rate of 48% both reflect this deliberate timing.
Does casting Bojuka Bog actually improve your win rate? ▾
In 71 games where it was cast, the win rate was 36.6%. In 319 games where it stayed in the library, the win rate was 34.2%. That is a +2.5 percentage-point delta. Both buckets are well above 15 observations, so this is a directional signal rather than noise, but the gap is small. Bojuka Bog appears to be a role-player that denies opponent strategies rather than a card that directly swings win probability on its own.
Is Bojuka Bog legal in Commander? ▾
Yes. Bojuka Bog is legal in Commander, as well as in Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage, and most other sanctioned formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, or Alchemy. Its color identity is mono-black, so it can only be included in Commander decks whose commander has black in its color identity.
Which commanders run Bojuka Bog most often on Playgroup Live? ▾
Killian, Decisive Mentor leads the tracked data with 35 decks, followed by Dina, Essence Brewer at 25. After those two, the counts drop sharply: Hearthhull the Worldseed and Oloro, Ageless Ascetic both sit at 11. The spread across multiple color identities shows that any black commander treats the Bog as a low-cost, no-slot-cost piece of graveyard interaction.