Rufus Shinra FIN 0238 · uncommon
Rufus Shinra · {1}{W}{B} · Legendary Creature — Human Noble · Whenever Rufus Shinra attacks, if you don't control a creature named Darkstar, create Darkstar, a legendary 2/2 white and black Dog creature token. · Power / toughness: 2/4 · "I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man."
- Price
- from $0.212 printings
- Win rate
- 57.4% GIH 16,823 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickAttacking creates Darkstar only if you do not already control one. Trade or sacrifice the Dog profitably between attacks to get another, but keep Rufus alive to continue the supply.
- Job
- Enablers
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 9,648 wins in 16,823 card-in-hand instances.
15,684 distinct games · 5,808 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Attacking creates Darkstar only if you do not already control one. Trade or sacrifice the Dog profitably between attacks to get another, but keep Rufus alive to continue the supply.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Build creatures and artifacts that leave resources when they die, then turn spare bodies into cards and life-drain pressure.
- What to take next
- Rufus supplies Darkstar on an attack when none is present. Ahriman can later sacrifice that Dog for a card; a future attack replaces it if Rufus survives.
- Wrong pick
- Ahriman’s ability costs three mana and another permanent. Do not count a sacrificed Treasure both as the sacrifice payment and as mana for the same activation.
- 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
- Attacking creates Darkstar only if you do not already control one. Trade or sacrifice the Dog profitably between attacks to get another, but keep Rufus alive to continue the supply.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Attacking creates Darkstar only if you do not already control one. Trade or sacrifice the Dog profitably between attacks to get another, but keep Rufus alive to continue the supply.
Draft data
+1.6 pp vs 55.7% average · 16,823 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#120 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.5 on average (92,214 packs).
28 of 56 multicolor cards · 11 of 21 multicolor uncommon cards.
33,651.4 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 59.1% · 7,083 instances
● Drawn later 56.1% · 9,740 instances
In hand 57.4% · 16,823 instances
Unseen in deck 54.6% · 23,726 instances
+2.8 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
Sacrifice WB59.3%10,944 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.4% · 16,823 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Slash of Light+4.5 pp12,728 games with both in the deck · 2,688 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 64% 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 | $0.21 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.29 |
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
- Ittoku, FIN 238 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Sacrifice cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗