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Thunderhead Gunner DFT 0148 · common

Thunderhead Gunner · {4}{R} · Creature — Shark Pirate · Reach Discard a card: Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn. · Power / toughness: 4/5 · "Fire the cannon, mates, fire it quick! The sea's full of chum and we want our pick!" —Keelhauler shanty

Thunderhead Gunner · {4}{R} · Creature — Shark Pirate · Reach Discard a card: Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn. · Power / toughness: 4/5 · "Fire the cannon, mates, fire it quick! The sea's full of chum and we want our pick!" —Keelhauler shanty

Price
from $0.271 printing
Win rate
55.9% GIH 98,256 instances · Premier Draft
Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 54,905 wins in 98,256 card-in-hand instances.

83,512 distinct games · 26,951 distinct drafts · games recorded Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025.

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

Draft data

55.9%when drawn (GIH)

+1.0 pp vs 54.9% average · 98,256 instances

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

#103 of 255 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.1 on average (241,356 packs).

9 of 40 red cards · 1 of 14 red common cards.

Taken at pick6.648,279 picks
Makes the deck73.5%48,279 picks with known usage
When played54.7%187,314.7 matchesBenched 55.8%
55,391.3 matches
When drawn55.9%98,256 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 53.9% · 38,012 instances
● Drawn later 57.2% · 60,244 instances

In hand 55.9% · 98,256 instances
Unseen in deck 53.6% · 125,914 instances
+2.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with red cards

Win rate when drawn55.9%98,256 instances9 of 40
Opening hand53.9%38,012 instances16 of 40
Drawn later57.2%60,244 instances8 of 40
In the deck54.6%225,222 instances9 of 40
Without seeing it53.6%125,914 instances13 of 40
Improvement when drawn+2.3 pp98,256 instances / 125,914 instances12 of 40
When benched55.8%55,391.3 matches5 of 40
Makes the deck73.5%48,279 picks with known usage16 of 40
Pick (last seen)5.1241,356 packs24 of 40
Taken at6.648,279 picks21 of 40

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

Discard Aggro UR57.4%23,681 instancesMax Speed Aggro BR56.2%13,913 instancesExhaust Midrange RG56.1%10,304 instancesVehicles and Mounts Aggro RW52.7%4,624 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.9% · 98,256 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Marauding Mako+3.7 pp29,766 games with both in the deck · 9,468 both drawnMagmakin Artillerist+2.6 pp33,858 games with both in the deck · 11,790 both drawnStarting Column+3.0 pp19,517 games with both in the deck · 5,251 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 60% 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 →

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Prices

DFT 0148 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.27
FoilPlay Booster$0.32

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 148 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Aetherdrift · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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