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Best Utility Lands in Commander
Strip Mine, Boseiju and Bojuka Bog for lands that do more than produce mana, with the color, tempo and opportunity costs made clear.
What makes a utility land good
- Whether it costs you tempo. A land that enters tapped is a real cost, while an untapped utility land still has to fit the deck's color needs.
- How often the effect actually comes up, versus how good it looks on paper.
- Whether it still functions as a land when the utility isn't relevant, so it is less likely to be a dead draw.
Lands with extra utility
Lands that do more than produce mana, with the tradeoff that makes the utility worth the slot.
Answer lands
An answer to a specific problem, held in reserve until you need it.
Bojuka Bog ↗
Enters tapped, but exiles a target player's graveyard the moment it does. A real answer to reanimator or recursion strategies that costs a land slot instead of a spell slot.
Boseiju, Who Endures ↗
A land the vast majority of the time, and an instant-speed answer to an artifact, enchantment or nonbasic land through channel. It has a very low opportunity cost in green decks that can support it, though it is legendary, nonbasic, and still has to fit the deck's color needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the best utility land in Commander?
For pure utility beyond mana, Boseiju, Who Endures is one of the strongest options in a green deck that can support it. Its opportunity cost is low because it is usually a land, but its legendary and nonbasic status, plus the colors your deck needs, still matter. Command Tower is excellent fixing, but it belongs in a mana-base discussion rather than this utility-land list.
Are utility lands worth running over a basic?
Sometimes. A land that enters tapped or produces only colorless mana can cost real tempo or make your colors less reliable. Run one when its utility is likely to matter and your mana base can absorb that cost.
Should graveyard hate live in my land slots?
It's one of the most efficient places to put it. Bojuka Bog answers a graveyard strategy without spending a spell slot on an effect you might not need every game, at the cost of entering tapped.
How many utility lands should a Commander deck run?
There's no fixed number, since it depends on how much utility your land count can afford to spend on effects instead of raw fixing. See how many lands to run and the land and mana base guide for the tradeoffs.
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