Live Play Data

Woodland Cemetery

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

36%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1680

Decks Running

854

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

81%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Woodland Cemetery appears in 36% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 81% of drawn copies reach the battlefield, with a median first-cast turn of 4.

Woodland Cemetery is a format staple for any Commander deck running black and green. Across 1536 tracked multiplayer games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 36% of active decks, appearing in 854 of the 2387 distinct decklists that have played a tracked game.

The card's draw-to-play rate of 81% reflects how quickly players move it to the battlefield once it lands in hand. Median first cast lands on turn 4, and once it resolves, it sticks 94% of the time. That stickiness is expected for a land: barring targeted removal or board wipes that hit permanents, it stays in play until the game ends.

The commander distribution is notably broad. 685 distinct players have brought Woodland Cemetery to a tracked game, and no single player accounts for more than a small fraction of observations. That spread supports the card's reputation as a near-universal inclusion in Golgari color identities and any three-color shell containing black and green.

At a glance

36% of tracked Commander decks include Woodland Cemetery
81% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T4 median first-cast turn
94% battlefield stickiness once played
685 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game
31% win rate in participations where Woodland Cemetery resolved (normalized, 4-player baseline)

First-cast turn

n=343

17%

18%

13%

27%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 18

Cast same turn as drawn 57%

The "good card" funnel

1682 brought · 685 players

Brought to game

1682

Ever drawn

425

Reached battlefield

343

Still on board at game end

321

81%

Of 1682 Woodland Cemeteries brought to games, 425 were drawn, 343 of those were played to the battlefield, and nearly all stayed there through end of game.

≥ +3.4pp

Players who cast this card win 31% of the time (n=325) , vs 22% when it never left the library (n=1106).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 29% (n=75) — 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 +8.5pp; 95% confidence interval +3.4pp to +13.6pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

478 instances

1.5%

Library

67.2%

Battlefield

15.1%

Graveyard

4.2%

Exile

The vast majority of Woodland Cemeteries finish on the battlefield rather than the library, which is the expected pattern for a land players actively seek out early: once played, there is little reason for it to leave.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 Dina, Essence Brewer 72 decks
2 Felothar the Steadfast 43 decks
3 The Wise Mothman 43 decks
4 Teval, the Balanced Scale 41 decks
5 Auntie Ool, Cursewretch 40 decks
6 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit 29 decks
7 Witherbloom, the Balancer 29 decks
8 Chatterfang, Squirrel General 26 decks
9 Hazel of the Rootbloom 25 decks
10 Lathril, Blade of the Elves 22 decks

Dina, Essence Brewer leads the tracked list by a comfortable margin, but the spread across ten commanders spanning Golgari and Golgari-plus color identities shows Woodland Cemetery is a cross-archetype inclusion, not a one-deck card.

Frequently Asked

How often is Woodland Cemetery drawn in a Commander game?

In 1536 tracked multiplayer games where Woodland Cemetery was in the deck, it was drawn 25% of the time. That is consistent with typical singleton draw rates in a 100-card deck. Of 425 instances that reached a player's hand, 81% were played before the game ended.

What turn does Woodland Cemetery usually hit the battlefield?

Median first-cast turn is 4, with a mean around 4.5. The distribution skews early: a cluster lands on turns 1 and 2, often from opening hands, while the tail extends as late as turn 17 in longer games. The p75 is turn 7, so most casts happen in the first half of a typical game.

Does casting Woodland Cemetery correlate with winning?

In participations where Woodland Cemetery resolved, the normalized win rate is 31%. In participations where it stayed in the library throughout, the rate is 22%. The delta is +8.5 percentage points. With 325 cast observations and 1106 library observations, this is a directional early signal rather than a conclusive finding. A well-functioning mana base helps everything, but isolating Woodland Cemetery's individual contribution requires a larger sample.

Is Woodland Cemetery legal in Commander?

Yes. Woodland Cemetery is legal in Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, or Pauper Commander. It is also not legal in Old School or Premodern.

Which commanders most commonly run Woodland Cemetery?

On Playgroup Live, Dina, Essence Brewer leads the tracked list by a wide margin, followed by The Wise Mothman, Auntie Ool Cursewretch, Felothar the Steadfast, and Teval the Balanced Scale. Most of these commanders share a Golgari or Golgari-plus color identity, which is exactly what Woodland Cemetery's mana ability supports. The spread across ten distinct commanders in the top list suggests broad adoption rather than concentration in a single archetype.

How concentrated is the data? Could one player be skewing the numbers?

The data is well-spread. 685 distinct players have brought Woodland Cemetery to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 25% of all instances. That low concentration is a meaningful strength of this dataset: the numbers reflect a wide range of playgroups rather than the habits of one prolific player. Read the stats as a broad community signal.