Heartfire Hero BLB 0138 · uncommon
Heartfire Hero · {R} · Creature — Mouse Soldier · Valiant — Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability you control for the first time each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it. When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent. · Power / toughness: 1/1
- Price
- from $0.261 printing
- Win rate
- 56.5% GIH 31,547 instances · Premier Draft
Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickThe first friendly targeting effect each turn adds a counter; its death damage uses its power.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 17,820 wins in 31,547 card-in-hand instances.
28,918 distinct games · 10,180 distinct drafts · games recorded Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024.
17Lands file dated Sep 6, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
The first friendly targeting effect each turn adds a counter; its death damage uses its power.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Play early Mice and use efficient targeting effects to trigger valiant while pushing combat damage. Look for support such as Flowerfoot Swordmaster and Intrepid Rabbit.
- What to take next
- Gnaw targets Hero first, triggering its counter before its damage is measured as Gnaw resolves.
- Wrong pick
- Valiant happens only once per creature per turn. Loading several tricks into one combat risks losing them to removal.
- Mana & splash
- Count the colored sources needed to cast this card on time; a synergy payoff is not a reason to weaken an otherwise consistent mana base.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- The first friendly targeting effect each turn adds a counter; its death damage uses its power.
Draft data
+1.9 pp vs 54.6% average · 31,547 instances
Premier Draft · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · average from 931,230 games
#104 of 258 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.8 on average (80,336 packs).
9 of 42 red cards · 2 of 16 red uncommon cards.
20,087.5 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 60.7% · 14,457 instances
● Drawn later 52.9% · 17,090 instances
In hand 56.5% · 31,547 instances
Unseen in deck 54.6% · 48,447 instances
+1.9 percentage points when drawn
Compared with red cards
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
Mousefolk RW57.9%13,440 instancesRaccoonfolk RG57.5%2,618 instancesLizardfolk BR56.7%4,677 instancesOtterfolk UR51.8%1,154 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.5% · 31,547 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Might of the Meek+4.5 pp28,338 games with both in the deck · 6,189 both drawnManifold Mouse+5.0 pp12,185 games with both in the deck · 2,154 both drawnShort Bow+4.8 pp10,515 games with both in the deck · 1,874 both drawnHow 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 258 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · Value Booster | $0.26 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · collector-sample · Play Booster · Value Booster | $0.37 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 25 packs (4.00%) · 38.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a collector-sample · Modeled · About 1 in 100 packs (1.00%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 313 packs (0.32%) · 10.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 28 packs (3.63%) · 73.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a value · Modeled · About 1 in 1,039 packs (0.10%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a value · Modeled · About 1 in 46 packs (2.17%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Play Booster | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Jakub Kasper, BLB 138 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Mousefolk cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗