Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery appears in 7.8% of tracked Commander decks, but when it lands in hand, 76% of those copies reach the battlefield, with 97% stickiness once it's in play.
Woodland Cemetery is a format-legal dual land for black-green Commander decks, present in 139 of the 1,790 distinct decks tracked on Playgroup Live — an 7.8% inclusion rate that reflects its color-identity gate rather than any weakness in the card itself.
The draw-to-play rate tells the real story: 76% of drawn copies are played before the game ends. Lands sit in hand longer than spells by design, so the median delay between drawing and playing is 1 turn. Even so, 32% of instances are played the same turn they are drawn, typically when a player makes their land drop immediately. Once it resolves, it almost never leaves: battlefield stickiness sits at 97%, the highest possible signal that opponents rarely interact with it.
The cast win rate of 35% versus a library win rate of 30% produces a +4.7-point delta. Both sample sizes are large enough (37 cast, 138 library) to treat this as a consistent directional signal: decks that actually deploy Woodland Cemetery win slightly more often. That aligns with what you'd expect from smooth mana in a two-color shell.
- 7.8% inclusion rate across all tracked Commander decks
- 76% of drawn copies are played before the game ends
- T3 median turn Woodland Cemetery first enters the battlefield
- 97% battlefield stickiness once the land resolves
- +4.7pt win-rate delta for games where it was played vs. stayed in library
- 139 distinct decks in Playgroup Live running this land
First-cast turn
n=42The "good card" funnel
220 broughtOf 190 Woodland Cemeteries brought to games, 45 were drawn and 37 made it onto the battlefield, a 76% draw-to-play rate that reflects how readily players deploy it once they see it.
Players who cast this card win 40% of the time (n=42) , vs 32% when it never left the library (n=160).
Final zone distribution
220 instances138 of 190 copies never left the library, a structural reality of 100-card singleton — the 36 copies that ended on the battlefield represent nearly every instance that was actually drawn and played.
Top commanders running this card
by deck count-
1
Dina, Essence Brewer
29 decks
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2
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
12 decks
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3
High Perfect Morcant
11 decks
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4
Blech, Loafing Pest
9 decks
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5
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
9 decks
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6
Teval, the Balanced Scale
8 decks
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7
Witherbloom, the Balancer
7 decks
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8
Jenova, Ancient Calamity
6 decks
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9
The Wise Mothman
6 decks
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10
Hazel of the Rootbloom
5 decks
Dina, Essence Brewer owns 27 of the 139 decks in our sample, giving the top slot a clear lead, but 9 other commanders each contribute 5 or more decks, showing real spread across the black-green and Sultai meta.
How often is Woodland Cemetery drawn in a Commander game? ▾
Across 190 deck-participations tracked on Playgroup Live, Woodland Cemetery was drawn in 24% of instances. That is right in line with what you'd expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of the 45 copies that reached a player's hand, 34 were eventually cast, giving a draw-to-play rate of 76%.
Does Woodland Cemetery come in tapped most of the time? ▾
The data does not directly record whether it entered tapped or untapped, so we can't give a precise percentage. Based on the oracle text, it enters untapped only if you already control a Swamp or a Forest. In dedicated black-green decks, players typically have one of those basics in play by turn 2 or 3, which is right when the median cast turn lands. Early-game untapped entries are realistic but depend on hand composition and draw order.
What turn does Woodland Cemetery typically hit the battlefield? ▾
The median first-cast turn is 3, with the 25th percentile at turn 2 and the 75th at turn 5. Six copies were played on turn 1, most likely from opening hands. The distribution is relatively flat through turns 2-6, which reflects how land drops work: players play them when they draw them rather than holding strategically.
Is Woodland Cemetery legal in Commander? ▾
Yes. Woodland Cemetery is legal in Commander, as well as Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Historic, Alchemy, Timeless, Duel Commander, and Oathbreaker. It is not legal in Standard, Pauper, Pauper Commander, or PreDH.
Which commanders most often run Woodland Cemetery? ▾
Dina, Essence Brewer leads the list with 27 decks, followed by Auntie Ool, Cursewretch at 13 and Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit at 8. The distribution is moderately concentrated at the top but spreads across 10 commanders with 5 or more decks each. Most of the top runners share a black-green color identity, which is expected given the land's color restriction.
Does playing Woodland Cemetery actually help you win? ▾
Early signal says yes, directionally. Participations where Woodland Cemetery hit the battlefield won 35% of the time. Participations where it sat in the library all game won 30% of the time. That +4.7-point delta is consistent with smooth dual-land mana being a marginal but real advantage. The sample (37 cast, 138 library) is large enough to call this directional, though not statistically definitive given the overall dataset size.