Live Play Data

Wooded Foothills

Land · Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)

10%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

2839

Decks Running

1437

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

72%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

10% of tracked Commander decks run Wooded Foothills, and when a copy reaches a hand, 72% of the time it resolves before the game ends, with a median activation on turn 3.

Wooded Foothills sits in 10% of the 14231 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, making it a consistent presence in any pod running green, red, or both. Its data is well-spread: 873 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for just 2% of all instances.

As a fetchland, Wooded Foothills resolves into the graveyard the moment it's activated. That's why battlefield stickiness is structurally low here. The more meaningful signal is how quickly players use it. Median first activation lands on turn 3, and the most common activation turn is turn 1, reflecting copies kept in opening hands and fired off immediately to fix mana.

The top commanders list is dominated by five-color and Naya (green-red-white) shells, consistent with what you'd expect from a land that fetches Mountains and Forests. The Ur-Dragon leads all commanders by deck count, a signal that five-color good-stuff decks are among the card's most loyal homes.

At a glance

10% of tracked Commander decks include Wooded Foothills
25% draw rate across tracked games
72% of drawn copies were activated before the game ended
T3 median turn of first activation
873 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game, showing broad spread
35% win rate in games where Wooded Foothills was activated (463 observations)

First-cast turn

n=503

26%

11%

14%

12%

24%

T6-9

T10+

Median 3 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 12

Cast same turn as drawn 61%

The "good card" funnel

2840 brought · 873 players

Brought to game

2840

Ever drawn

699

Reached battlefield

503

Still on board at game end

72%

Of 2840 copies brought to games, 699 were drawn, and 503 of those were activated, with most resolved copies heading straight to the graveyard as expected for a fetchland.

≥ +3.9pp

Players who cast this card win 35% of the time (n=463) , vs 27% when it never left the library (n=1871).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 39% (n=178) — 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 +8.3pp; 95% confidence interval +3.9pp to +12.7pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

771 instances

3.6%

Library

6.7%

Battlefield

66.0%

Graveyard

7.7%

Exile

The vast majority of Wooded Foothills copies end in the graveyard, the structural endpoint of any fetchland activation. Copies finishing in other zones are almost entirely ones drawn late and never used before the game ended.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 57 decks
2 Baylen, the Haymaker 28 decks
3 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 25 decks
4 Gishath, Sun's Avatar 25 decks
5 Hearthhull, the Worldseed 25 decks
6 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored 25 decks
7 Ashling, the Limitless 19 decks
8 Toph, the First Metalbender 18 decks
9 Flubs, the Fool 17 decks
10 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge 16 decks

The commander distribution spans Naya, five-color, and Temur shells, reflecting that any commander requiring green or red mana is a natural home for Wooded Foothills.

Frequently Asked

How often is Wooded Foothills drawn in a Commander game?

Across 2225 tracked multiplayer games where Wooded Foothills was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That figure is typical for a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 699 instances that reached a player's hand, 72% were activated before the game concluded.

What turn does Wooded Foothills usually get activated?

Median first activation is turn 3. The distribution skews early: the single most common activation turn is turn 1, driven by copies kept in opening hands. The interquartile range runs from turn 1 to turn 6, reflecting that some copies are drawn mid-game and held briefly before use.

Why is battlefield stickiness so low for a fetchland?

Wooded Foothills is a sacrifice-to-activate land. The moment a player pays 1 life and taps it, it goes to the graveyard. Low battlefield stickiness is the expected structural outcome for any fetchland, not a sign the card is weak. The relevant question is whether it resolves, and 72% of drawn copies do exactly that.

Does activating Wooded Foothills correlate with winning?

In 463 participations where Wooded Foothills was activated, the normalized win rate is 35%, compared to 27% in participations where it was never interacted with (1871 observations). The delta is +8.3 percentage points. With sample sizes this large the signal is directionally meaningful, though fetchlands also correlate with better-built decks, so treat this as context rather than isolated proof of impact.

Is Wooded Foothills legal in Commander?

Yes. Wooded Foothills is legal and unrestricted in Commander. It is banned in Pioneer and Historic. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and several other formats. In Commander its colorless color identity means it can go into any deck that contains Mountains, Forests, or both.

Which commanders most commonly run Wooded Foothills on Playgroup Live?

The Ur-Dragon leads with the most tracked decks, followed by Baylen the Haymaker, Gishath Sun's Avatar, and a cluster of Naya and five-color commanders. The pattern is clear: decks that need access to red and green mana reliably, especially those with demanding mana bases, are Wooded Foothills' primary homes.