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Icewind Elemental FDN 0042 · common

Icewind Elemental · {4}{U} · Creature — Elemental · Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card. · Power / toughness: 3/4 · It surveys its domain on wings of ice, bringing misfortune to all who dare trespass.

Price: from $0.112 printings
Win rate: 53.8% GIH 52,755 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · 17Lands
Found in: Beginner Box →

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 28,362 wins in 52,755 card-in-hand instances.

48,529 distinct games · 16,686 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024.

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

Draft data

53.8%when drawn (GIH)

−0.8 pp vs 54.6% average · 52,755 instances

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

#157 of 265 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.4 on average (273,609 packs).

25 of 45 blue cards · 8 of 15 blue common cards.

Taken at pick9.140,353 picks

Makes the deck47.0%40,353 picks with known usage

When played53.4%101,268.7 matchesBenched 54.8%
108,174.3 matches

When drawn53.8%52,755 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 50.9% · 19,636 instances
● Drawn later 55.5% · 33,119 instances

In hand 53.8% · 52,755 instances
Unseen in deck 52.7% · 64,544 instances
+1.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn53.8%52,755 instances25 of 45

Opening hand50.9%19,636 instances26 of 45

Drawn later55.5%33,119 instances24 of 45

In the deck53.2%117,090 instances23 of 45

Without seeing it52.7%64,544 instances17 of 45

Improvement when drawn+1.1 pp52,755 instances / 64,544 instances32 of 45

When benched54.8%108,174.3 matches10 of 46

Makes the deck47.0%40,353 picks with known usage32 of 46

Pick (last seen)6.4273,609 packs37 of 46

Taken at9.140,353 picks37 of 46

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

Graveyard UB55.6%12,746 instances

Flying WU55.1%15,721 instances

Spells UR52.3%5,302 instances

Ramp UG51.0%3,670 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.8% · 52,755 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.

Bigfin Bouncer54,007 games with both in the deck Think Twice51,841 games with both in the deck Refute51,702 games with both in the deck

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 41% 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

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

FDN 0042 · Regular printingListings ↗

Finish	Found in	Price
Nonfoil	Play Booster · Beginner Box · Beginner Box Case	$0.11
Foil	Play Booster	$0.24

How to get it

A fixed card in Beginner Box. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Foundations ↗ · 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: Andrew Mar, FDN 42 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources: Wizards · Collecting Foundations · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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