Brushland
Brushland is in 4.8% of tracked Commander decks, but when it hits the battlefield, the deck wins 55% of the time. That's a +22.9-point delta over games where it sat in the library all game, the strongest directional signal we see for any pain land in our dataset so far.
Brushland shows up in roughly 1 in 20 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live. That's expected: its Green-White color identity limits the pool to Selesnya and larger combinations. Among those decks, the early signal on win impact is striking.
Decks that actually cast Brushland won 55% of those participations, against 32.1% for games where Brushland never left the library. The raw delta is +22.9 percentage points. Both buckets are small (20 cast, 84 library), so treat this as a directional signal rather than a settled conclusion. The baseline win rate in a 4-player pod is roughly 25%, so even the library bucket already hints at above-average deck quality. The cast bucket sits well above that baseline.
Mechanically, Brushland trades 1 life for fixing. In Commander's 40-life format that deal is cheap, and the data so far are consistent with experienced players valuing untapped two-color fixing highly enough to build and win with it.
- 4.8% inclusion rate across all tracked Commander decks
- 55% win rate in games where Brushland was cast, against a 25% baseline
- +22.9 percentage-point win-rate delta over games where it stayed in the library
- 67% of drawn Brushlands are played before the game ends
- T7 median first-cast turn, reflecting typical land-drop timing
- 85% battlefield stickiness once it resolves
First-cast turn
n=25The "good card" funnel
149 broughtOf 115 Brushlands brought to games, 30 were drawn and 20 were cast. 65% of those were deployed the same turn they were drawn, consistent with players treating untapped fixing as an immediate play.
Players who cast this card win 56% of the time (n=25) , vs 33% when it never left the library (n=110).
Final zone distribution
149 instances84 of 115 Brushlands never left the library, the expected outcome for any singleton in a 100-card deck. The 17 that reached the battlefield and stayed there represent an 85% stickiness rate once cast.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Ms. Bumbleflower
11 decks
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2
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
10 decks
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3
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
9 decks
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4
Betor, Ancestor's Voice
8 decks
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5
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
7 decks
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6
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
6 decks
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7
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
5 decks
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8
Leonardo, the Balance
5 decks
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9
Pippin, Warden of Isengard
5 decks
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10
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
5 decks
Ms. Bumbleflower leads at 11 decks, but the top-ten list spans five distinct color identities, showing that Brushland sees spread adoption across the full range of Green-White-inclusive archetypes rather than clustering in one strategy.
How often is Brushland drawn in a Commander game? ▾
Across 115 deck-participations tracked on Playgroup Live, Brushland was drawn in roughly 26% of instances. That sits close to the expected rate for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 30 times it reached a player's hand, 20 were cast before the game ended, a draw-to-play rate of about 67%.
What does the win-rate delta actually mean for Brushland? ▾
Decks that cast Brushland won 55% of those games. Decks that had Brushland in the library but never cast it won 32.1%. The +22.9-point gap is the closest thing we have to a controlled 'does this card help you win' number. With 20 cast observations and 84 library observations, the sample is small. The signal is consistent and directional, not statistically definitive. It will sharpen as more games are tracked.
What turn does Brushland typically come down? ▾
The median first-cast turn is 7, with a mean of 5.95. The interquartile range spans turns 3 to 8. Two instances were played on turn 1 (likely in the opening hand), and the distribution has a cluster in turns 8 to 10. For a land that produces colored mana from turn 1, the late median mostly reflects when players draw it rather than when they choose to play it. 65% of drawn copies were played the same turn they were drawn, consistent with immediate deployment.
Which commanders run Brushland most often? ▾
Ms. Bumbleflower leads with 11 decks, followed by Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Tidus, Yuna's Guardian at 7 each. The list spans Selesnya, Bant, Naya, Mardu, and five-color commanders. Brushland fits any deck whose color identity includes both Green and White, so the spread across archetypes is wide rather than concentrated in one strategy.
Is Brushland legal in Commander? ▾
Yes. Brushland is legal in Commander with no restrictions. It is also legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander.
Why does a pain land matter in a 40-life format? ▾
Commander starts players at 40 life, roughly double the 20-life baseline of most constructed formats. That extra cushion makes the 1-damage activation cost of Brushland nearly trivial in most games. Untapped dual lands that enter without conditions are a premium in Commander. The alternative is a tapland that costs a full turn of tempo, which in a multiplayer environment with fast combo decks can be a meaningful disadvantage.