Live Play Data

Woodland Cemetery

Land · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)

37%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1241

Decks Running

633

Median Cast Turn

Drawn → Played

80%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

Woodland Cemetery appears in 37% of tracked Commander decks on Playgroup Live, and 80% 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 1119 tracked multiplayer games on Playgroup Live, it sits in 37% of active decks, appearing in 633 of the 1729 distinct decklists that have played a tracked game.

The card's draw-to-play rate of 80% 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. 514 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

37% of tracked Commander decks include Woodland Cemetery
80% of drawn copies reach the battlefield
T4 median first-cast turn
94% battlefield stickiness once played
514 distinct players have brought it to a tracked game
29% win rate in participations where Woodland Cemetery resolved (normalized, 4-player baseline)

First-cast turn

n=253

17%

14%

28%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4 P25 2 · P75 7 · max 17

Cast same turn as drawn 57%

The "good card" funnel

1243 brought · 514 players

Brought to game

1243

Ever drawn

318

Reached battlefield

253

Still on board at game end

237

80%

Of 1243 Woodland Cemeteries brought to games, 318 were drawn, 253 of those were played to the battlefield, and nearly all stayed there through end of game.

≥ +0.4pp

Players who cast this card win 29% of the time (n=249) , vs 23% when it never left the library (n=837).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 32% (n=62) — 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 +6.1pp; 95% confidence interval +0.4pp to +11.8pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

358 instances

0.8%

Library

66.2%

Battlefield

14.8%

Graveyard

5.0%

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 55 decks
2 Auntie Ool, Cursewretch 35 decks
3 The Wise Mothman 28 decks
4 Felothar the Steadfast 27 decks
5 Teval, the Balanced Scale 25 decks
6 Hazel of the Rootbloom 23 decks
7 Witherbloom, the Balancer 23 decks
8 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit 21 decks
9 Chatterfang, Squirrel General 18 decks
10 Blech, Loafing Pest 15 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 1119 tracked multiplayer games where Woodland Cemetery was in the deck, it was drawn 26% of the time. That is consistent with typical singleton draw rates in a 100-card deck. Of 318 instances that reached a player's hand, 80% 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 29%. In participations where it stayed in the library throughout, the rate is 23%. The delta is +6.1 percentage points. With 249 cast observations and 837 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. 514 distinct players have brought Woodland Cemetery to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 26% 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.