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Empty City Ruse TLE 0003 · mythic

Empty City Ruse · {W} · Sorcery · Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.

Empty City Ruse · {W} · Sorcery · Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.

Price
from $1.771 printing
Win rate
◌ Under 100 instances15 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6 wins in 15 card-in-hand instances.

15 distinct games · 7 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025.

17Lands file dated Jan 10, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

Needs 100 instances to rank

15 instances so far

Premier Draft · Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · average from 562,924 games

Below the 100-observation ranking minimum · last seen around pick 5.6 on average (1,167 packs).

Taken at pick9.0109 picks
Makes the deck8.3%109 picks with known usage
When played38.6%44 matchesBenched 57.3%
508 matches
When drawn40.0%15 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 50.0% · 2 instances
● Drawn later 38.5% · 13 instances

In hand 40.0% · 15 instances
Unseen in deck 39.3% · 28 instances
+0.7 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn40.0%15 instancesUnder 100
Opening hand50.0%2 instancesUnder 100
Drawn later38.5%13 instancesUnder 100
In the deck39.5%43 instancesUnder 100
Without seeing it39.3%28 instancesUnder 100
Improvement when drawn+0.7 pp15 instances / 28 instancesUnder 100
When benched57.3%508 matches5 of 48
Makes the deck8.3%109 picks with known usage47 of 48
Pick (last seen)5.61,167 packs40 of 48
Taken at9.0109 picks42 of 48

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

Go-Wide Aggro RW66.7%3 instances · under 100Flying WU33.3%3 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (40.0% · 15 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025

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1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

TLE 0003 · Source materialListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster$1.77
FoilCollector Booster$2.74

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 1,586 packs (0.06%) · 1.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 244 packs (0.41%) · 4.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 81 packs (1.23%) · 13.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterCommon or source material1 in 26Source material
Collector BoosterSource material75%Source material
Collector BoosterSource material25%Source material

Wizards · Collecting Avatar: The Last Airbender ↗ · Oct 28, 2025

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Viacom, TLE 3 · Scryfall ↗
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Source material printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Avatar: The Last Airbender · Oct 28, 2025
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗