Ardyn, the Usurper FIN 0089 · rare

Ardyn, the Usurper · {5}{B}{B}{B} · Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble · Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste. Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon. · Power / toughness: 4/4
- Price
- from $0.776 printings
- Win rate
- 64.9% GIH 16,954 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Draft
- ★ Bomb
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,001 wins in 16,954 card-in-hand instances.
16,727 distinct games · 5,961 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Play
More
- Bombs
- Eight mana and three black symbols require substantial mana support. Cast before combat to turn a creature in either graveyard into a hasty, lifelinking 5/5 Demon immediately; that token remains. Graveyard removal before the trigger resolves can stop the copy, and the printed cost makes a casual splash unrealistic.
Draft data
+9.2 pp vs 55.7% average · 16,954 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#4 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.9 on average (11,330 packs).
1 of 51 black cards · 1 of 14 black rare cards.
3,370.9 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 60.1% · 6,595 instances
● Drawn later 67.9% · 10,359 instances
In hand 64.9% · 16,954 instances
Unseen in deck 52.6% · 20,622 instances
+12.3 percentage points when drawn
Compared with black 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
Graveyard Value BG67.8%2,990 instancesControl UB66.0%2,758 instancesSacrifice WB62.6%1,812 instancesBlack Mage Aggro BR61.1%1,329 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (64.9% · 16,954 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Blitzball+6.6 pp6,640 games with both in the deck · 1,419 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 99% of 330 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.






| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster | $0.77 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $2.17 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 84 packs (1.19%) · 13.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 1,345 packs (0.07%) · 2.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 79 packs (1.26%) · 31.6% per display · 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 | Wildcard | 100% | Wildcard |
| Play Booster | Rare or mythic rare | 100% | Rare or mythic rare |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil | 100% | Traditional foil |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil rare or mythic | 100% | Traditional foil rare or mythic |
Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY ↗ · 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
- Russell Dongjun Lu, FIN 89 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗