Havenwood Battleground
Land
This land enters tapped.
: Add 
., Sacrifice this land: Add .
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #8679
Havenwood Battleground enters tapped and sacrifices itself to add two green mana — a delayed, one-time burst that costs you a land drop. It earns its slot almost exclusively in decks that want lands in the graveyard, and Lumra, Bellow of the Woods is the clearest example: every other green deck should run a Forest instead.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods triggers off lands entering the graveyard, so Havenwood Battleground pulling double duty as a mana burst and a graveyard-land payload makes it a near-automatic include — nearly half of all Lumra decks run it.
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Titania, Protector of Argoth creates a 5/3 whenever a land leaves your graveyard, so sacrificing Havenwood Battleground turns a single land drop into both mana and a creature — the self-sacrifice loop is exactly what Titania wants.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Havenwood Battleground is a niche role-player rather than a staple — it belongs in land-graveyard synergy builds and nowhere else. Legacy and Vintage legality is largely academic; neither format runs it, since fetchlands and basic lands outclass a tap-land that requires its own destruction. The card's design is too slow and too conditional for any competitive 60-card format, and it's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper anyway. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander: fine in a Titania-style shell, irrelevant outside one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Havenwood Battleground sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — the demand ceiling is narrow, capped to land-graveyard commanders. Grab it for any Lumra or Titania build without a second thought; there's no financial risk at this price.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.