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Nimble Thopterist DFT 0053 · common

Nimble Thopterist · {3}{U} · Creature — Vedalken Artificer · When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. · Power / toughness: 3/2 · The Aether Rangers repurposed thopters once used for Consulate surveillance so they could scout the track.

Nimble Thopterist · {3}{U} · Creature — Vedalken Artificer · When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. · Power / toughness: 3/2 · The Aether Rangers repurposed thopters once used for Consulate surveillance so they could scout the track.

Price
from $0.151 printing
Win rate
55.4% GIH 91,840 instances · Premier Draft
Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 50,863 wins in 91,840 card-in-hand instances.

81,174 distinct games · 25,908 distinct drafts · games recorded Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025.

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

Play

One creature spell provides a ground body and a flying artifact token. The Thopter counts for artifact rewards and can help crew, but is not free to attack on the turn it enters.

More

One-pick Draft
One creature spell provides a ground body and a flying artifact token. The Thopter counts for artifact rewards and can help crew, but is not free to attack on the turn it enters.
Sealed vs Draft
One creature spell provides a ground body and a flying artifact token. The Thopter counts for artifact rewards and can help crew, but is not free to attack on the turn it enters.

Draft data

55.4%when drawn (GIH)

+0.5 pp vs 54.9% average · 91,840 instances

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

#124 of 255 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.5 on average (265,614 packs).

19 of 39 blue cards · 5 of 14 blue common cards.

Taken at pick7.748,559 picks
Makes the deck67.2%48,559 picks with known usage
When played54.6%168,969.4 matchesBenched 55.8%
69,777.6 matches
When drawn55.4%91,840 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 53.3% · 35,170 instances
● Drawn later 56.7% · 56,670 instances

In hand 55.4% · 91,840 instances
Unseen in deck 53.6% · 113,275 instances
+1.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn55.4%91,840 instances19 of 39
Opening hand53.3%35,170 instances20 of 38
Drawn later56.7%56,670 instances16 of 38
In the deck54.4%206,929 instances16 of 39
Without seeing it53.6%113,275 instances12 of 39
Improvement when drawn+1.8 pp91,840 instances / 113,275 instances20 of 39
When benched55.8%69,777.6 matches2 of 39
Makes the deck67.2%48,559 picks with known usage20 of 39
Pick (last seen)5.5265,614 packs24 of 39
Taken at7.748,559 picks22 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

Artifact Bleeder UB57.0%16,429 instancesDiscard Aggro UR56.7%11,738 instancesExhaust Ramp UG56.0%13,264 instancesArtifact Value WU55.0%10,351 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.4% · 91,840 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Demonic Junker+6.0 pp8,441 games with both in the deck · 1,912 both drawnSpin Out+3.1 pp26,511 games with both in the deck · 7,340 both drawnSpectral Interference+1.9 pp57,382 games with both in the deck · 15,522 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 52% 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 0053 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.15
FoilPlay Booster$0.27

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
Ioannis Fiore, DFT 53 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Aetherdrift release notes · Oct 19, 2026
Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗