Black Waltz No. 3 FIN 0214 · uncommon
Black Waltz No. 3 · {2}{B}{R} · Legendary Creature — Wizard · Flying, deathtouch Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Black Waltz No. 3 deals 2 damage to each opponent. · Power / toughness: 2/2 · "You fool. Do I look like some lowly black mage soldier?"
- Price
- from $0.322 printings
- Win rate
- 52.0% GIH 14,219 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickEach noncreature spell deals two to every opponent. Flying and deathtouch let it contribute in combat, but preserving it for several spell casts can be worth more than one risky attack.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 7,393 wins in 14,219 card-in-hand instances.
13,190 distinct games · 4,905 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Each noncreature spell deals two to every opponent. Flying and deathtouch let it contribute in combat, but preserving it for several spell casts can be worth more than one risky attack.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Establish Wizard and noncreature-cast damage rewards, then use removal and Equipment spells to push damage without losing the board.
- What to take next
- Play Rod or Elder before the removal sequence. A later Suplex can clear a blocker while the established Wizard and Black Waltz deal additional damage.
- Wrong pick
- Rod is black, so this support belongs here rather than automatically in blue-red. The new Rod’s Hero cannot reward the cast that created it.
- Mana & splash
- Keep the colored sources needed for early spells. A synergy payoff does not automatically justify a splash.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Each noncreature spell deals two to every opponent. Flying and deathtouch let it contribute in combat, but preserving it for several spell casts can be worth more than one risky attack.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Each noncreature spell deals two to every opponent. Flying and deathtouch let it contribute in combat, but preserving it for several spell casts can be worth more than one risky attack.
Draft data
−3.7 pp vs 55.7% average · 14,219 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#273 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.1 on average (84,645 packs).
49 of 56 multicolor cards · 19 of 21 multicolor uncommon cards.
27,063.3 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 49.6% · 5,644 instances
● Drawn later 53.6% · 8,575 instances
In hand 52.0% · 14,219 instances
Unseen in deck 52.1% · 18,742 instances
−0.1 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
Black Mage Aggro BR53.1%6,653 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.0% · 14,219 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.
Black Mage's Rod14,705 games with both in the deckThunder Magic14,126 games with both in the deckCornered by Black Mages13,579 games with both in the deckHow 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 17% 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 | $0.32 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.45 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 36 packs (2.75%) · 28.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 301 packs (0.33%) · 9.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 31 packs (3.26%) · 63.0% 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 | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Play Booster | Wildcard | 100% | Wildcard |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil | 100% | Traditional foil |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
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
- Lordigan, FIN 214 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Black Mage Aggro cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗