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Keen Buccaneer DFT 0048 · common

Keen Buccaneer · {2}{U} · Creature — Octopus Pirate · Vigilance Exhaust — {1}{U}: Draw a card, then discard a card. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.) · Power / toughness: 2/3 · "The secret to good piratin' is being ready for anything. That, and havin' eight arms."

Keen Buccaneer · {2}{U} · Creature — Octopus Pirate · Vigilance Exhaust — {1}{U}: Draw a card, then discard a card. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.) · Power / toughness: 2/3 · "The secret to good piratin' is being ready for anything. That, and havin' eight arms."

Price
from $0.191 printing
Win rate
55.1% GIH 101,235 instances · Premier Draft
Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 55,830 wins in 101,235 card-in-hand instances.

87,049 distinct games · 27,342 distinct drafts · games recorded Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025.

17Lands file dated Mar 23, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

A vigilant creature can attack and still crew or block. Its exhaust loot grows it once and triggers discard rewards; use the activation when the card selection or counter matters.

More

One-pick Draft
A vigilant creature can attack and still crew or block. Its exhaust loot grows it once and triggers discard rewards; use the activation when the card selection or counter matters.
Sealed vs Draft
A vigilant creature can attack and still crew or block. Its exhaust loot grows it once and triggers discard rewards; use the activation when the card selection or counter matters.

Draft data

55.1%when drawn (GIH)

+0.2 pp vs 54.9% average · 101,235 instances

Premier Draft · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · average from 857,667 games

#131 of 255 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.3 on average (259,211 packs).

21 of 39 blue cards · 7 of 14 blue common cards.

Taken at pick7.448,573 picks
Makes the deck73.2%48,573 picks with known usage
When played54.4%184,293.9 matchesBenched 55.5%
54,342.1 matches
When drawn55.1%101,235 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 53.7% · 39,598 instances
● Drawn later 56.1% · 61,637 instances

In hand 55.1% · 101,235 instances
Unseen in deck 53.7% · 122,165 instances
+1.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn55.1%101,235 instances21 of 39
Opening hand53.7%39,598 instances18 of 38
Drawn later56.1%61,637 instances24 of 38
In the deck54.4%225,162 instances17 of 39
Without seeing it53.7%122,165 instances10 of 39
Improvement when drawn+1.4 pp101,235 instances / 122,165 instances24 of 39
When benched55.5%54,342.1 matches6 of 39
Makes the deck73.2%48,573 picks with known usage18 of 39
Pick (last seen)5.3259,211 packs22 of 39
Taken at7.448,573 picks21 of 39

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Exhaust Ramp UG57.4%22,257 instancesArtifact Bleeder UB55.5%11,496 instancesDiscard Aggro UR54.8%18,419 instancesArtifact Value WU54.7%5,423 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 101,235 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Lightning Strike+4.4 pp22,456 games with both in the deck · 6,895 both drawnScrounging Skyray+3.3 pp29,825 games with both in the deck · 9,185 both drawnHowler's Heavy+1.9 pp57,595 games with both in the deck · 16,946 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 49% of 255 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

DFT 0048 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.19
FoilPlay Booster$0.25

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Mirko Failoni, DFT 48 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Aetherdrift release notes · Oct 19, 2026
Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗