Crucible of Worlds and Burgeoning

Question

Crucible of Worlds says:

You may play land cards from your graveyard.

Burgeoning says:

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

So, if I have both on the battlefield, whenever one of my opponents plays a land, may a put a land from my graveyard onto the battlefield?

My guess is not, based on the wording of the cards. Because Burgeoning is not allowing me to "play a land" it is having me "put a land onto the battlefield" which is a different action.

Is this interpretation correct? (I'd rather it be the other way...)

Answer 1

You guessed right! (Sorry.) There are (at least) two reasons this combo doesn't work.

First: "Playing a land" is different than "putting a land card from your hand onto the battlefield." They're not interchangeable.^305.4 This means that the choice you can make for Burgeoning's effect is not changed by Crucible of Worlds.

Second: Crucible of Worlds doesn't affect the separation between the hand and the graveyard. It simply allows you to take the "play a land" action with cards from an additional zone. Since Burgeoning uses the phrase "a land card from your hand," the land that you choose cannot be in the graveyard.

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305.4 Effects may also allow players to “put” lands onto the battlefield. This isn’t the same as “playing a land” and doesn’t count as a land played during the current turn.

Answer 2

Well, because Crucible of the Worlds says "from your graveyard", you could only use this ability if you discarded lands somehow. Burgeoning means you can put a land from your HAND onto the battlefield if your opponent plays a land, so it wouldn't count as a land per turn.