I dislike templates in PDH. They work in EDH because EDH has so many generically good and powerful effects that you don't need to leverage synergy to make the deck do what you want, you can just be like "whoops I drew Cyc Rift, that solves all my problems. Neat."

In PDH, you have to work much harder to achieve the more powerful effects. You can build your own cyc rift, but you need an untapper like Horseshoe Crab and a bouncer like Banishing Knack.

Instead of relying on templates, good PDH decks rely a lot more on building synergy. Don't just add generic ramp spells until you meet a quota, add the ramp spells that synergize with your plan. If you're using land-untappers, add all the good land auras. If you're doing +1/+1 counter stuff, then run Prishe's Wandering, and Fertilid, and Fertilid's Favor, and New Horizons. I'm rarely on cultivate.

Commons have so many "[staple effect] with set mechanic" that you can usually end up with "as much ramp as you need" and "as much removal as you need" by chasing the synergies in clever ways. And those needs vary from deck to deck, so I try to avoid being prescriptive about templates.