Stormcatch Mentor BLB 0234 · uncommon
Stormcatch Mentor · {U}{R} · Creature — Otter Wizard · Haste Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "Only novice mages burn their whiskers. So pay attention!"
- Price
- from $0.282 printings
- Win rate
- 52.1% GIH 12,793 instances · Premier Draft
Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickKeep a small number of useful creatures on the board and use spells to both interact and increase their damage.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,661 wins in 12,793 card-in-hand instances.
10,969 distinct games · 3,498 distinct drafts · games recorded Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024.
17Lands file dated Sep 6, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Keep a small number of useful creatures on the board and use spells to both interact and increase their damage. Waverider reuses a small instant or sorcery; casting that spell can trigger Mentor’s prowess even though no mana was paid.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Keep a small number of useful creatures on the board and use spells to both interact and increase their damage. Look for support such as Harnesser of Storms and Daring Waverider.
- What to take next
- Waverider reuses a small instant or sorcery; casting that spell can trigger Mentor’s prowess even though no mana was paid.
- Wrong pick
- Too many creatures starve your spell payoffs, but too few leave you unable to attack. Harnesser’s permission expires at end of turn.
- 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
- Keep a small number of useful creatures on the board and use spells to both interact and increase their damage. Waverider reuses a small instant or sorcery; casting that spell can trigger Mentor’s prowess even though no mana was paid.
Draft data
−2.5 pp vs 54.6% average · 12,793 instances
Premier Draft · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · average from 931,230 games
#222 of 258 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.2 on average (120,636 packs).
35 of 39 multicolor cards · 10 of 10 multicolor uncommon cards.
47,245 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 52.9% · 4,928 instances
● Drawn later 51.6% · 7,865 instances
In hand 52.1% · 12,793 instances
Unseen in deck 49.9% · 15,144 instances
+2.2 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor 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
Otterfolk UR52.7%10,358 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.1% · 12,793 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Rabid Gnaw+6.8 pp5,855 games with both in the deck · 1,511 both drawnShoreline Looter+5.7 pp5,749 games with both in the deck · 1,632 both drawnFountainport Bell+7.3 pp3,184 games with both in the deck · 920 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 14% 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 · Starter Kit · Starter Kit Case | $0.28 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · collector-sample · Play Booster · Value Booster | $0.49 |
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
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Manuel Castañón, BLB 234 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Otterfolk cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Bloomburrow · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗