Patient Instructor HOB 0162 · common
Patient Instructor · {2}{W/U} · Creature — Human Citizen · Vigilance When this creature enters, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.) · Power / toughness: 2/2 · Lake-town was much diminished from its old grandeur, but still the Long Lake provided for all their needs.
- Price
- from $0.101 printing
- Win rate
- 58.5% GIH 18,887 instances · Pick-Two
Aug 11–29, 2026 · 17Lands - Grade
- Andrew Quinn 2/10Draftsim · Aug 29, 2026
- Job
- Enablers
- Tags
- early · enabler · Cards & selection
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,058 wins in 18,887 card-in-hand instances.
14,754 distinct games · 6,557 distinct drafts · games recorded Aug 11–29, 2026.
17Lands file dated Sep 3, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
More
- Pick-Two
- Recruit selects a card and produces a Soldier only after a nonland discard.
- Sealed vs Draft
- It can fit white or blue through the hybrid symbol; check the discard before counting two bodies.
- Two-Headed Giant
- Your teammate’s cards and mana remain separate. Effects referring to creatures or permanents you control count only your board.
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster | $0.10 |
| Foil | Play Booster · Collector Booster | $0.17 |
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 99 packs (1.01%) · 26.2% per display · MTGJSON model Sep 26, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 8 packs (12.76%) · 98.3% per display · MTGJSON model Sep 26, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 13 packs (7.46%) · 60.6% per display · MTGJSON model Sep 26, 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 | Nonfoil commons | Most packs (≈92.2%) | Main set · common |
| Play Booster | Nonfoil wildcard | 74.17% | Main set · common |
| Play Booster | Foil wildcard | 59.8% | Main set · common |
| Collector Booster | Foil commons | 89.6% per position | Main set · common |
Wizards: Collecting The Hobbit ↗ · Jul 18, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Joshua Raphael, HOB 162 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Lake-town cards → · common cards →
- Sources
- Andrew Quinn 2/10 · Aug 29, 2026
Wizards: Collecting The Hobbit · Jul 18, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Sep 26
Comprehensive Rules ↗