Shantotto, Tactician Magician FIN 0241 · uncommon
Shantotto, Tactician Magician · {1}{U}{R} · Legendary Creature — Dwarf Wizard · Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Shantotto gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. If X is 4 or more, draw a card. · Power / toughness: 0/4 · "Ohohoho! I might be the harshest mistress in all of Vana'diel. But I may yet forgive you, if at my feet you kneel."
- Price
- from $0.142 printings
- Win rate
- 59.7% GIH 41,760 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickCasting a noncreature spell boosts Shantotto by the mana actually spent and draws a card at four or more. Choose useful four-mana modes before combat; creature Sagas do not trigger the ability.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 24,942 wins in 41,760 card-in-hand instances.
37,033 distinct games · 12,170 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Casting a noncreature spell boosts Shantotto by the mana actually spent and draws a card at four or more. Choose useful four-mana modes before combat; creature Sagas do not trigger the ability.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Use cheap creatures as payoff engines, then cast noncreature spells with at least four mana spent to gain cards, counters and tempo.
- What to take next
- With Shantotto and Sahagin present, cast Thunder Magic’s four-mana middle mode before combat. The actual spend draws a card and unlocks Sahagin’s attack.
- Wrong pick
- The amount spent casting the payoff itself is irrelevant. A discounted spell with less than four mana actually paid misses these rewards, and a Saga creature is not a noncreature spell.
- 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
- Casting a noncreature spell boosts Shantotto by the mana actually spent and draws a card at four or more. Choose useful four-mana modes before combat; creature Sagas do not trigger the ability.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Casting a noncreature spell boosts Shantotto by the mana actually spent and draws a card at four or more. Choose useful four-mana modes before combat; creature Sagas do not trigger the ability.
Draft data
+4.0 pp vs 55.7% average · 41,760 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#42 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.3 on average (69,895 packs).
10 of 56 multicolor cards · 3 of 21 multicolor uncommon cards.
27,063.5 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 60.2% · 15,839 instances
● Drawn later 59.4% · 25,921 instances
In hand 59.7% · 41,760 instances
Unseen in deck 54.9% · 48,367 instances
+4.9 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
Big Noncreatures UR61.8%23,895 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.7% · 41,760 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Call the Mountain Chocobo+4.0 pp37,067 games with both in the deck · 10,648 both drawnThunder Magic+3.1 pp37,900 games with both in the deck · 11,187 both drawnSorceress's Schemes+3.8 pp18,611 games with both in the deck · 4,922 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 88% 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 | $0.14 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.30 |
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
- Joshua Raphael, FIN 241 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Big Noncreatures cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗