Deepchannel Duelist ECL 0213 · uncommon
Deepchannel Duelist · {W}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Soldier · At the beginning of your end step, untap target Merfolk you control. Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1. · Power / toughness: 2/2 · "Bargain with ruthless cunning, and when all else fails, make sure you fight with the same."
- Price
- from $0.202 printings
- Win rate
- 63.7% GIH 27,063 instances · Premier Draft
Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickImproves your other Merfolk and untaps one at your end step. Count Merfolk rather than treating it as a generic two-color bonus.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 17,238 wins in 27,063 card-in-hand instances.
23,799 distinct games · 7,756 distinct drafts · games recorded Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026.
17Lands file dated May 18, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Improves your other Merfolk and untaps one at your end step. Count Merfolk rather than treating it as a generic two-color bonus.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Turn tapping Merfolk into life and card filtering, then use convoke to add flyers or remove an attacker while those creatures work.
- What to take next
- Convoke Skyswimmer with Peddler and Preacher to filter and gain life without attacking. Duelist can untap a Merfolk at your end step.
- Wrong pick
- A creature tapped for convoke before blockers cannot block later. Choose whether to cast before combat or keep blockers available.
- 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
- Improves your other Merfolk and untaps one at your end step. Count Merfolk rather than treating it as a generic two-color bonus.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Improves your other Merfolk and untaps one at your end step. Count Merfolk rather than treating it as a generic two-color bonus.
Draft data
+8.7 pp vs 55.0% average · 27,063 instances
Premier Draft · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · average from 536,566 games
#9 of 274 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.7 on average (40,981 packs).
4 of 58 multicolor cards · 1 of 15 multicolor uncommon cards.
13,308 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 64.4% · 11,308 instances
● Drawn later 63.2% · 15,755 instances
In hand 63.7% · 27,063 instances
Unseen in deck 54.9% · 34,332 instances
+8.7 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
Merfolk WU64.9%21,644 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (63.7% · 27,063 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Merrow Skyswimmer+3.0 pp33,082 games with both in the deck · 8,996 both drawnPrideful Feastling+4.7 pp8,681 games with both in the deck · 1,936 both drawnHow 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 97% 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 | $0.20 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.24 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.59%) · 27.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 336 packs (0.30%) · 8.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.29%) · 63.4% 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 of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
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
- Richard Kane Ferguson, ECL 213 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Merfolk cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗