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Short Bow BLB 0248 · uncommon

Short Bow · {2} · Artifact — Equipment · Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has reach and vigilance. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.) · Take heart. Take aim. Take them down.

Short Bow · {2} · Artifact — Equipment · Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has reach and vigilance. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.) · Take heart. Take aim. Take them down.

Price
from $0.261 printing
Win rate
52.7% GIH 21,285 instances · Premier Draft
Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,212 wins in 21,285 card-in-hand instances.

20,991 distinct games · 8,404 distinct drafts · games recorded Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024.

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

Draft data

52.7%when drawn (GIH)

−1.9 pp vs 54.6% average · 21,285 instances

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

#209 of 258 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.0 on average (113,955 packs).

6 of 10 colorless cards · 4 of 5 colorless uncommon cards.

Taken at pick7.316,024 picks
Makes the deck55.2%16,024 picks with known usage
When played53.1%46,861.2 matchesBenched 54.8%
34,347.8 matches
When drawn52.7%21,285 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 52.3% · 9,290 instances
● Drawn later 53.0% · 11,995 instances

In hand 52.7% · 21,285 instances
Unseen in deck 53.3% · 33,596 instances
−0.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with colorless cards

Win rate when drawn52.7%21,285 instances6 of 10
Opening hand52.3%9,290 instances6 of 10
Drawn later53.0%11,995 instances8 of 10
In the deck53.1%54,972 instances6 of 10
Without seeing it53.3%33,596 instances5 of 10
Improvement when drawn−0.6 pp21,285 instances / 33,596 instances7 of 10
When benched54.8%34,347.8 matches5 of 10
Makes the deck55.2%16,024 picks with known usage3 of 11
Pick (last seen)5.0113,955 packs3 of 11
Taken at7.316,024 picks3 of 11

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

Birdfolk WU56.0% ◌407 instancesSquirrelfolk BG55.4%757 instancesMousefolk RW55.3%5,359 instancesRaccoonfolk RG53.8%857 instancesBatfolk WB53.4%1,228 instancesLizardfolk BR51.8%1,087 instancesFrogfolk UG51.4% ◌473 instancesRabbitfolk GW50.6%2,046 instancesRatfolk UB48.6% ◌284 instancesOtterfolk UR48.0% ◌244 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.7% · 21,285 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Flowerfoot Swordmaster+6.0 pp10,084 games with both in the deck · 1,774 both drawnHeartfire Hero+4.8 pp10,515 games with both in the deck · 1,874 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 19% 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 0248 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Value Booster$0.26
FoilCollector Booster · collector-sample · Play Booster · Value Booster$0.29

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.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

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
Zara Alfonso, BLB 248 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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