Unexpected Assistance ECL 0080 · common
Unexpected Assistance · {3}{U}{U} · Instant · Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Draw three cards, then discard a card. · In one breath, Abigale's mind turned from panic to poetry.
- Price
- from $0.231 printing
- Win rate
- 56.4% GIH 59,626 instances · Premier Draft
Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 17Lands - Found in
- MTGO Redemption →
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 33,615 wins in 59,626 card-in-hand instances.
54,449 distinct games · 19,555 distinct drafts · games recorded Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026.
17Lands file dated May 18, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
+1.4 pp vs 55.0% average · 59,626 instances
Premier Draft · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · average from 536,566 games
#120 of 274 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.5 on average (178,615 packs).
16 of 41 blue cards · 2 of 13 blue common cards.
50,715.3 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 54.2% · 22,975 instances
● Drawn later 57.7% · 36,651 instances
In hand 56.4% · 59,626 instances
Unseen in deck 54.6% · 79,858 instances
+1.7 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 WU58.4%22,888 instancesElementals UR56.8%4,665 instancesBlue–Black UB52.0%1,842 instancesBlue–Green UG43.5% ◌124 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.4% · 59,626 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Wanderbrine Preacher+2.3 pp36,223 games with both in the deck · 9,552 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 56% 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 | $0.23 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.31 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 16 packs (6.17%) · 53.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 134 packs (0.75%) · 20.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (8.82%) · 93.7% 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 | Commons | 100% per position | Commons |
| Play Booster | Common or Special Guests | 54 in 55 | Common |
| 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 commons | 100% per position | Traditional foil commons |
Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed ↗ · 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
- Gustavo Pelissari, ECL 80 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗