Cornered by Black Mages FIN 0093 · common
Cornered by Black Mages · {1}{B}{B} · Sorcery · Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create a 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent." · "Kuja called them black mages, dark spawn of the mist." —The Soulcage
- Price
- from $0.241 printing
- Win rate
- 58.8% GIH 90,569 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Job
- Answers
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 53,257 wins in 90,569 card-in-hand instances.
75,719 distinct games · 24,013 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Play
The opponent chooses a creature to sacrifice, then you get a spell-damage Wizard. Clear expendable tokens first when you need to remove a specific large threat.
More
- One-pick Draft
- The opponent chooses a creature to sacrifice, then you get a spell-damage Wizard. Clear expendable tokens first when you need to remove a specific large threat.
- Sealed vs Draft
- The opponent chooses a creature to sacrifice, then you get a spell-damage Wizard. Clear expendable tokens first when you need to remove a specific large threat.
Draft data
+3.1 pp vs 55.7% average · 90,569 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#74 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.1 on average (188,900 packs).
11 of 51 black cards · 2 of 14 black common cards.
38,304.5 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 57.5% · 36,656 instances
● Drawn later 59.7% · 53,913 instances
In hand 58.8% · 90,569 instances
Unseen in deck 54.9% · 117,865 instances
+4.0 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
Black Mage Aggro BR61.1%15,692 instancesControl UB60.2%15,103 instancesSacrifice WB59.3%12,535 instancesGraveyard Value BG58.2%9,885 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.8% · 90,569 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Black Mage's Rod+2.6 pp65,312 games with both in the deck · 19,277 both drawnCircle of Power+2.1 pp35,126 games with both in the deck · 9,689 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 78% 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 | $0.24 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.30 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.33%) · 33.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 143 packs (0.70%) · 18.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 12 packs (8.52%) · 93.1% 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 | Commons | 100% per position | Commons |
| Play Booster | Common or Through the Ages | 2 in 3 | Common |
| Play Booster | Wildcard | 100% | Wildcard |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil | 100% | Traditional foil |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil commons | 100% per position | Traditional foil commons |
Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Smirtouille, FIN 93 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗