Morcant's Loyalist ECL 0236 · uncommon
Morcant's Loyalist · {1}{B}{G} · Creature — Elf Warrior · Other Elves you control get +1/+1. When this creature dies, return another target Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. · Power / toughness: 3/2 · "Despite recent alliances, we must never forget the ideals of perfection which define us." —High Perfect's decree
- Price
- from $0.332 printings
- Win rate
- 62.1% GIH 27,444 instances · Premier Draft
Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickImproves other Elves and returns a different Elf card when it dies. Graveyard setup gives its death trigger a useful target.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 17,030 wins in 27,444 card-in-hand instances.
24,704 distinct games · 8,369 distinct drafts · games recorded Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026.
17Lands file dated May 18, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Improves other Elves and returns a different Elf card when it dies. Graveyard setup gives its death trigger a useful target.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Trade and surveil to develop both battlefield and graveyard, then use Elf rewards and a large trampling threat to finish.
- What to take next
- Scout or Informant can put an Elf in the graveyard before Loyalist dies. Adherents counts your creatures and creature cards already traded away.
- Wrong pick
- An Elf token helps the battlefield count but is not a creature card left in the graveyard. Milling too aggressively can also shorten your deck.
- 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 other Elves and returns a different Elf card when it dies. Graveyard setup gives its death trigger a useful target.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Improves other Elves and returns a different Elf card when it dies. Graveyard setup gives its death trigger a useful target.
Draft data
+7.1 pp vs 55.0% average · 27,444 instances
Premier Draft · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · average from 536,566 games
#19 of 274 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.2 on average (33,804 packs).
10 of 58 multicolor cards · 5 of 15 multicolor uncommon cards.
9,352.3 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 60.1% · 11,277 instances
● Drawn later 63.4% · 16,167 instances
In hand 62.1% · 27,444 instances
Unseen in deck 54.8% · 34,477 instances
+7.3 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
Elves BG64.1%13,892 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (62.1% · 27,444 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Scarblade Scout+2.2 pp33,610 games with both in the deck · 8,429 both drawnScarblade's Malice+3.4 pp13,917 games with both in the deck · 2,978 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 93% 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 | $0.34 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.33 |
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
- Evyn Fong, ECL 236 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Elves cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗