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Dazzling Denial BLB 0045 · common

Dazzling Denial · {1}{U} · Instant · Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If you control a Bird, counter that spell unless its controller pays {4} instead. · Maintaining brilliant plumage isn't just a statement. It's a tactic.

Dazzling Denial · {1}{U} · Instant · Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If you control a Bird, counter that spell unless its controller pays {4} instead. · Maintaining brilliant plumage isn't just a statement. It's a tactic.

Price
from $0.181 printing
Win rate
55.1% GIH 51,080 instances · Premier Draft
Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 28,135 wins in 51,080 card-in-hand instances.

45,386 distinct games · 14,886 distinct drafts · games recorded Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024.

17Lands file dated Sep 6, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

55.1%when drawn (GIH)

+0.5 pp vs 54.6% average · 51,080 instances

Premier Draft · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · average from 931,230 games

#146 of 258 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.5 on average (316,546 packs).

24 of 42 blue cards · 4 of 13 blue common cards.

Taken at pick9.342,883 picks
Makes the deck43.8%42,883 picks with known usage
When played52.9%98,391.7 matchesBenched 54.2%
115,758.3 matches
When drawn55.1%51,080 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 54.4% · 20,231 instances
● Drawn later 55.5% · 30,849 instances

In hand 55.1% · 51,080 instances
Unseen in deck 50.9% · 63,322 instances
+4.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn55.1%51,080 instances24 of 42
Opening hand54.4%20,231 instances9 of 42
Drawn later55.5%30,849 instances32 of 42
In the deck52.8%115,058 instances23 of 42
Without seeing it50.9%63,322 instances20 of 42
Improvement when drawn+4.2 pp51,080 instances / 63,322 instances27 of 42
When benched54.2%115,758.3 matches18 of 42
Makes the deck43.8%42,883 picks with known usage27 of 42
Pick (last seen)6.5316,546 packs31 of 42
Taken at9.342,883 picks31 of 42

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

Ratfolk UB58.3%8,577 instancesFrogfolk UG55.3%8,972 instancesBirdfolk WU55.2%7,000 instancesOtterfolk UR53.8%7,614 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 51,080 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Seedpod Squire+3.3 pp16,174 games with both in the deck · 3,987 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 44% of 258 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

BLB 0045 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Value Booster$0.18
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster · Value Booster$0.35

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 16 packs (6.17%) · 53.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.72%) · 22.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (8.85%) · 96.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a value · Modeled · About 1 in 351 packs (0.29%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a value · Modeled · About 1 in 22 packs (4.54%) · 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 BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or bonus-sheet replacement98.5%Common
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons

Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow ↗ · 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
Kisung Koh, BLB 45 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗