Champions of the Shoal ECL 0046 · rare

Champions of the Shoal · {3}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Soldier · As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Merfolk and exile it. (Exile a Merfolk you control or a Merfolk card from your hand.) Whenever this creature enters or becomes tapped, tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand. · Power / toughness: 4/6
- Price
- from $0.133 printings
- Win rate
- 62.6% GIH 11,033 instances · Premier Draft
Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 17Lands - Found in
- MTGO Redemption →
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,908 wins in 11,033 card-in-hand instances.
10,489 distinct games · 3,832 distinct drafts · games recorded Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026.
17Lands file dated May 18, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
+7.6 pp vs 55.0% average · 11,033 instances
Premier Draft · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · average from 536,566 games
#15 of 274 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.6 on average (10,016 packs).
2 of 41 blue cards · 2 of 7 blue rare cards.
4,178.5 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 62.5% · 4,299 instances
● Drawn later 62.7% · 6,734 instances
In hand 62.6% · 11,033 instances
Unseen in deck 52.9% · 13,353 instances
+9.7 percentage points when drawn
Compared with blue 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
Merfolk WU64.5%6,799 instancesBlue–Black UB62.7% ◌134 instancesElementals UR54.5% ◌213 instancesBlue–Green UG69.0%29 instances · under 100Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (62.6% · 11,033 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.
Merrow Skyswimmer14,516 games with both in the deckGravelgill Scoundrel13,391 games with both in the deckUnexpected Assistance12,481 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 95% of 274 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.



| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · MTGO Redemption | $0.13 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease | $0.34 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 76 packs (1.32%) · 14.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 1,000 packs (0.10%) · 3.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 67 packs (1.50%) · 36.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease · Modeled · About 1 in 76 packs (1.32%) · 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 | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Rare or mythic rare | 100% | Rare or mythic rare |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil rare or mythic rare | 100% | Traditional foil rare or mythic rare |
| Prerelease promo | Traditional foil rare or mythic promo | 100% | Traditional foil rare or mythic promo |
Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed ↗ · 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
- Daniel Zrom, ECL 46 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗