Fortified Village
Fortified Village sits in 3.7% of tracked Commander decks, but when players do draw it, 83% of the time it reaches the battlefield before the game ends — one of the highest draw-to-play rates we see for a dual land.
Fortified Village lands in 3.7% of the 2,038 distinct Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, a narrow slice that reflects its Green-White color restriction rather than any weakness in the card itself. Across 110 tracked games, it appeared in 76 decks and was drawn in 23 of 113 deck-participations.
The most telling number is draw-to-play rate: 83% of drawn copies were cast before the game ended. For a land, that is essentially a ceiling — players almost never hold a dual land in hand when they can deploy it. The median first-cast turn is 3, and the card enters untapped whenever the player can reveal a Forest or Plains, which in a dedicated Green-White shell is the overwhelming norm. Battlefield stickiness once played sits at 95%, consistent with how rarely opponents interact with nonbasic lands in typical pods.
The negative cast-vs-library delta (decks that cast it won at a 35% rate versus 41% when it stayed in the library) deserves context: both sample sizes are small, neither result is statistically conclusive, and the delta almost certainly reflects deck composition and matchup variance rather than the land itself hurting win chances. Treat it as an early directional signal only.
- 3.7% Commander deck inclusion rate across 2,038 tracked decks
- 83% of drawn copies cast before game end, one of the highest draw-to-play rates for a dual land
- T3 median first-cast turn
- 95% battlefield stickiness once Fortified Village resolves
- 20% draw rate per deck-participation, normal for a 100-card singleton
- 76 distinct tracked decks currently running Fortified Village
First-cast turn
n=24The "good card" funnel
149 broughtOf 113 Fortified Villages brought to tracked games, 23 were drawn, 20 of those were cast, and 19 were still on the battlefield when the game ended, a tight conversion chain from draw to permanent fixture.
Players who cast this card win 38% of the time (n=24) , vs 39% when it never left the library (n=118).
Final zone distribution
149 instances88 of 113 Fortified Villages never left the library, a structural inevitability for any singleton in a 100-card deck. The 19 copies ending on the battlefield represent nearly every instance that was actually drawn and cast.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
11 decks
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2
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
9 decks
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3
Kenrith, the Returned King
8 decks
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4
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
8 decks
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5
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
6 decks
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6
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
6 decks
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7
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
6 decks
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8
Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
5 decks
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9
Kudo, King Among Bears
5 decks
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10
Pippin, Warden of Isengard
5 decks
The top 10 commanders span Green-White, Naya, Bant, Abzan, and even a Black-White entry, showing Fortified Village earns consideration in any deck whose color identity includes both Green and White.
How often is Fortified Village actually drawn in a Commander game? ▾
In 112 deck-participations tracked on Playgroup Live, Fortified Village was drawn 23 times, a draw rate of about 20%. That is entirely consistent with what you would expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. The more meaningful number is what happens after it is drawn: 83% of those copies were cast before the game concluded, which reflects how eagerly players deploy mana fixing.
Does Fortified Village enter untapped reliably in practice? ▾
The data does not separately tag tapped vs. untapped entries, so we cannot give a direct percentage. However, the 57% same-turn cast rate from hand (19 observed drawn-and-cast instances, n is small so treat as directional) and the median first-cast turn of 3 both suggest players are landing it in the early turns when their hand is most likely to hold a Forest or Plains. In a dedicated Green-White or Green-White-X shell, the condition is routinely met.
What commanders run Fortified Village most often in tracked games? ▾
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit leads with 8 decks, followed by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored and Tidus, Yuna's Guardian with 7 each. Hamza, Guardian of Arashin (6 decks) is the only pure Green-White commander in the top four. The spread across Naya, Bant, and Abzan commanders shows the card earns its slot whenever White and Green both appear in the color identity, regardless of the third color.
Is the negative win-rate delta a red flag for Fortified Village? ▾
No. Decks that cast Fortified Village won 35% of the time (20 observations) versus 41% when it sat in the library (88 observations). Both buckets are too small to draw firm conclusions, and a -5.9 percentage point delta at these sample sizes is well within noise. The honest read is that this is an early directional signal with no statistical weight behind it. Win-rate deltas for lands are also structurally harder to interpret because a land staying in the library often means the deck was mana-flooded elsewhere, not that the card would have helped.
Is Fortified Village legal in Commander? ▾
Yes. Fortified Village is legal in Commander, as well as Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Brawl, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. Its color identity is Green-White, so it can only appear in Commander decks whose commander has both Green and White in their color identity.
How does Fortified Village compare to other Green-White dual lands in Commander? ▾
Fortified Village is one of several cycle of 'check lands' that enter untapped when you reveal a basic land type. Its 3.7% inclusion rate on Playgroup Live reflects the reality that Green-White decks have many dual-land options competing for slots, including fetch lands, shock lands, and filter lands. The card's 83% draw-to-play rate and 95% stickiness confirm that players who choose to include it are happy with that decision in practice.