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Arbiter of Woe FDN 0055 · uncommon

Arbiter of Woe · {4}{B}{B} · Creature — Demon · As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Flying
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life. You draw a card and gain 2 life. · Power / toughness: 5/4

Price: from $0.251 printing
Win rate: 58.6% GIH 44,085 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · 17Lands
Job: Payoffs

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 25,845 wins in 44,085 card-in-hand instances.

41,599 distinct games · 14,321 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024.

17Lands file dated Dec 19, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Reserve a creature to sacrifice as part of the six-mana casting cost. The flyer then replaces a card, gains life and pressures the opponent's hand, but a counterspell still leaves the sacrificed creature gone because the cost was already paid.

One-pick Draft: Reserve a creature to sacrifice as part of the six-mana casting cost. The flyer then replaces a card, gains life and pressures the opponent's hand, but a counterspell still leaves the sacrificed creature gone because the cost was already paid.
Sealed vs Draft: Reserve a creature to sacrifice as part of the six-mana casting cost. The flyer then replaces a card, gains life and pressures the opponent's hand, but a counterspell still leaves the sacrificed creature gone because the cost was already paid.

Draft data

58.6%when drawn (GIH)

+4.1 pp vs 54.6% average · 44,085 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · average from 791,159 games

#37 of 265 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.7 on average (66,126 packs).

6 of 44 black cards · 2 of 16 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick4.419,450 picks

Makes the deck81.8%19,450 picks with known usage

When played56.0%88,513.6 matchesBenched 55.4%
15,294.4 matches

When drawn58.6%44,085 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.3% · 16,962 instances
● Drawn later 60.7% · 27,123 instances

In hand 58.6% · 44,085 instances
Unseen in deck 53.6% · 57,778 instances
+5.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn58.6%44,085 instances6 of 44

Opening hand55.3%16,962 instances15 of 43

Drawn later60.7%27,123 instances4 of 44

In the deck55.9%102,028 instances5 of 44

Without seeing it53.6%57,778 instances8 of 44

Improvement when drawn+5.0 pp44,085 instances / 57,778 instances8 of 44

When benched55.4%15,294.4 matches5 of 44

Makes the deck81.8%19,450 picks with known usage16 of 44

Pick (last seen)3.766,126 packs18 of 44

Taken at4.419,450 picks17 of 44

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

Life Gain WB60.3%12,659 instances

Graveyard UB60.1%9,624 instances

Raid BR57.9%8,018 instances

Morbid BG57.0%3,148 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.6% · 44,085 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Zombify+5.5 pp9,756 games with both in the deck · 2,108 both drawn Sanguine Syphoner+4.5 pp16,918 games with both in the deck · 3,776 both drawn Infestation Sage+2.4 pp48,300 games with both in the deck · 12,174 both drawn

How 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 86% of 265 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024

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Regular printing

FDN 0055

$0.25 · foil $0.35

Prices

FDN 0055 · Regular printingListings ↗

Finish	Found in	Price
Nonfoil	Play Booster · Starter Collection · Starter Collection Case	$0.25
Foil	Play Booster	$0.35

How to get it

This printing is a promo, accessory or reference card. No booster chance is claimed; check its listed product or source.

Wizards · Collecting Foundations ↗ · 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: Jim Pavelec, FDN 55 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources: Wizards · Foundations release notes · Oct 19, 2026
Wizards · Collecting Foundations · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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