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Hired Claw BLB 0140 · rare

Hired Claw · {R} · Creature — Lizard Mercenary · Whenever you attack with one or more Lizards, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent. {1}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only if an opponent lost life this turn and only once each turn. · Power / toughness: 1/2

Hired Claw · {R} · Creature — Lizard Mercenary · Whenever you attack with one or more Lizards, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent. {1}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only if an opponent lost life this turn and only once each turn. · Power / toughness: 1/2

Price
from $0.714 printings
Win rate
60.1% GIH 15,464 instances · Premier Draft
Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 9,297 wins in 15,464 card-in-hand instances.

14,965 distinct games · 5,486 distinct drafts · games recorded Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024.

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

Draft data

60.1%when drawn (GIH)

+5.5 pp vs 54.6% average · 15,464 instances

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

#30 of 258 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.5 on average (21,178 packs).

3 of 42 red cards · 2 of 9 red rare cards.

Taken at pick2.67,885 picks
Makes the deck75.0%7,885 picks with known usage
When played56.7%33,156.7 matchesBenched 54.6%
8,569.3 matches
When drawn60.1%15,464 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 66.3% · 7,099 instances
● Drawn later 54.9% · 8,365 instances

In hand 60.1% · 15,464 instances
Unseen in deck 54.4% · 23,098 instances
+5.7 percentage points when drawn

Compared with red cards

Win rate when drawn60.1%15,464 instances3 of 42
Opening hand66.3%7,099 instances1 of 41
Drawn later54.9%8,365 instances13 of 42
In the deck56.7%38,500 instances2 of 42
Without seeing it54.4%23,098 instances9 of 42
Improvement when drawn+5.7 pp15,464 instances / 23,098 instances3 of 42
When benched54.6%8,569.3 matches13 of 42
Makes the deck75.0%7,885 picks with known usage10 of 42
Pick (last seen)2.521,178 packs6 of 42
Taken at2.67,885 picks6 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

Lizardfolk BR63.0%6,079 instancesRaccoonfolk RG59.3%1,349 instancesOtterfolk UR58.6%1,094 instancesMousefolk RW58.4%2,362 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (60.1% · 15,464 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Take Out the Trash20,595 games with both in the deckAgate Assault17,049 games with both in the deckSteampath Charger16,895 games with both in the deck
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 89% 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

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

BLB 0140 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Value Booster$0.71
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster · Value Booster$0.80

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 1,050 packs (0.10%) · 3.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 91 packs (1.10%) · 32.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a value · Modeled · About 1 in 1,818 packs (0.06%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a value · Modeled · About 1 in 840 packs (0.12%) · 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 BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil rare or mythic85.7%Rare

Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Quintin Gleim, BLB 140 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗