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Cynical Loner DSK 0089 · uncommon

Cynical Loner · {1}{B} · Creature — Human Survivor · This creature can't be blocked by Glimmers. Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, you may search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. · Power / toughness: 3/1 · "Thanks, but no thanks. I'm done with hope."

Cynical Loner · {1}{B} · Creature — Human Survivor · This creature can't be blocked by Glimmers. Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, you may search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. · Power / toughness: 3/1 · "Thanks, but no thanks. I'm done with hope."

Price
from $0.241 printing
Win rate
54.8% GIH 30,030 instances · Premier Draft
Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 16,471 wins in 30,030 card-in-hand instances.

28,062 distinct games · 9,973 distinct drafts · games recorded Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024.

17Lands file dated Oct 29, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

54.8%when drawn (GIH)

+0.4 pp vs 54.5% average · 30,030 instances

Premier Draft · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · average from 1,011,949 games

#136 of 261 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.9 on average (115,637 packs).

17 of 43 black cards · 8 of 15 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick6.817,961 picks
Makes the deck64.0%17,961 picks with known usage
When played53.1%61,029.7 matchesBenched 53.9%
30,028.3 matches
When drawn54.8%30,030 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.8% · 12,783 instances
● Drawn later 54.1% · 17,247 instances

In hand 54.8% · 30,030 instances
Unseen in deck 51.8% · 41,184 instances
+3.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn54.8%30,030 instances17 of 43
Opening hand55.8%12,783 instances5 of 42
Drawn later54.1%17,247 instances30 of 43
In the deck53.1%71,306 instances14 of 44
Without seeing it51.8%41,184 instances9 of 44
Improvement when drawn+3.1 pp30,030 instances / 41,184 instances18 of 43
When benched53.9%30,028.3 matches35 of 44
Makes the deck64.0%17,961 picks with known usage19 of 44
Pick (last seen)4.9115,637 packs21 of 44
Taken at6.817,961 picks20 of 44

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

Sacrifice BR56.9%5,518 instancesReanimator WB56.0%7,251 instancesDelirium Grind BG53.3%4,410 instancesEerie Control UB53.1%1,924 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.8% · 30,030 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Live or Die+4.1 pp17,807 games with both in the deck · 3,803 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 48% of 261 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

DSK 0089 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.24
FoilCollector Booster · collector-sample · Play Booster$0.33

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.70%) · 36.4% 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 →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons
Collector Booster Sample PackFoil uncommon100%Foil uncommon

Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror ↗ · 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
Miranda Meeks, DSK 89 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗