Live Play Data

Brushland

Land · The Brothers' War (BRO)

23%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

755

Decks Running

396

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

73%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Brushland appears in 23% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 73% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Brushland earns its slot in Green-White and multicolor shells as a reliable dual land, showing up in 23% of the 1729 tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live. The 1-damage drawback rarely deters anyone: 73% of drawn copies are played before the game ends.

The data is well-spread across 350 distinct players, with the single heaviest contributor accounting for just 2% of all tracked instances. That breadth gives the numbers here more directional weight than a card whose stats are propped up by one or two prolific pilots.

Brushland is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and most other Constructed formats. It sits outside Standard and Pauper, and is a natural pick for any deck whose color identity includes both Green and White.

At a glance

23% of tracked Commander decks include Brushland
73% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T4 median first-cast turn
91% battlefield stickiness once played
350 distinct players have brought Brushland to a tracked game
29% win rate in games where Brushland was played

First-cast turn

n=127

16%

18%

11%

29%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 6 · max 13

Cast same turn as drawn 52%

The "good card" funnel

755 brought · 350 players

Brought to game

755

Ever drawn

173

Reached battlefield

127

Still on board at game end

116

73%

Of 755 Brushlands brought to games, 173 were drawn, 127 of those were played, and the large majority remained on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ -1.4pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=121) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=536).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 17% (n=41) — 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 +6.6pp; 95% confidence interval -1.4pp to +14.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

187 instances

3.2%

Library

62.0%

Battlefield

13.9%

Graveyard

3.7%

Exile

The vast majority of Brushland copies never leave the library, which is structural for a singleton land in a 100-card deck, not a knock on the card's performance.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The commander list is spread across Green-White, Bant, Naya, and five-color shells, confirming Brushland's appeal to any deck that needs reliable G/W fixing.

Frequently Asked

How often is Brushland drawn in a Commander game?

Across 698 tracked games where Brushland was in a deck, it was drawn 23% of the time. That is consistent with what you expect from a singleton land in a 100-card deck. Of 173 instances that reached a hand, 73% were played before the game concluded.

What turn does Brushland typically enter the battlefield?

The median first-cast turn is 4. The distribution spreads fairly evenly from the early turns through the mid-game, with a cluster in turns 1-3 from opening-hand keeps and another cluster around turns 6-7 as late draws. The mode of the distribution sits at turn 3, suggesting many players play it as their third land drop.

Does playing Brushland actually improve your win rate?

In 121 participations where Brushland hit the battlefield, the normalized win rate was 29%, compared to 23% in 536 participations where it stayed in the library. That is a +6.6 percentage-point lift. Both buckets are reasonably sized, but the gap likely reflects deck-quality correlation as much as the land itself. Treat it as a directional signal.

Is the 1-damage drawback a real cost in Commander?

Starting at 40 life in Commander blunts the sting considerably. In practice, Brushland is almost always tapped for colored mana rather than colorless, but even paying 1 life per activation rarely threatens your life total over a normal game arc. The high play rate once drawn confirms that players treat the drawback as a minor nuisance, not a reason to hold the card.

Is Brushland banned anywhere?

Brushland is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Duel Commander, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. There are no known bans.

How concentrated is Brushland's data among players?

350 distinct players have brought Brushland to a Playgroup Live tracked game. The single most active contributor accounts for just 2% of all instances, well below the threshold where one pilot could meaningfully skew the numbers. This breadth is a genuine strength of the dataset for this card.