Zidane, Tantalus Thief FIN 0251 · uncommon
Zidane, Tantalus Thief · {3}{R}{W} · Legendary Creature — Human Mutant Scout · When Zidane enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap it. It gains lifelink and haste until end of turn. Whenever an opponent gains control of a permanent from you, you create a Treasure token. · Power / toughness: 3/3
- Price
- from $0.274 printings
- Win rate
- 58.7% GIH 18,130 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickEntry steals and untaps a creature with haste and lifelink for a turn. Attack or sacrifice it profitably; returning it to the opponent can create Treasure through Zidane’s other trigger.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 10,647 wins in 18,130 card-in-hand instances.
16,964 distinct games · 6,229 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.
17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Entry steals and untaps a creature with haste and lifelink for a turn. Attack or sacrifice it profitably; returning it to the opponent can create Treasure through Zidane’s other trigger.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Use job select to keep creatures and Equipment coming, then improve attacks with evasion, cheap reattachment and a temporary stolen blocker.
- What to take next
- Develop an equipped attacker and Shopkeep, then use Vendor’s combat trigger to move a large Equipment for one mana before declaring attackers. Zidane can later steal the blocker that prevents a finishing attack.
- Wrong pick
- Re-equipping creates no new Hero. Expensive printed equip costs can leave you unable to redeploy after removal unless Vendor or another effect actually helps.
- 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
- Entry steals and untaps a creature with haste and lifelink for a turn. Attack or sacrifice it profitably; returning it to the opponent can create Treasure through Zidane’s other trigger.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Entry steals and untaps a creature with haste and lifelink for a turn. Attack or sacrifice it profitably; returning it to the opponent can create Treasure through Zidane’s other trigger.
Draft data
+3.0 pp vs 55.7% average · 18,130 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games
#77 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.5 on average (92,290 packs).
18 of 56 multicolor cards · 5 of 21 multicolor uncommon cards.
35,511.4 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 55.7% · 7,548 instances
● Drawn later 60.9% · 10,582 instances
In hand 58.7% · 18,130 instances
Unseen in deck 56.1% · 27,025 instances
+2.7 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
Equipment Aggro RW60.1%11,217 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.7% · 18,130 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.
White Mage's Staff19,048 games with both in the deckPaladin's Arms18,025 games with both in the deckSlash of Light17,281 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 77% 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 | $0.27 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.33 |
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
- Eiji Kaneda, FIN 251 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Equipment Aggro cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗