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Virulent Emissary ECL 0202 · uncommon

Virulent Emissary · {G} · Creature — Elf Assassin · Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "I could use a knife, but I'd miss that tremble under my fingers as the poison takes hold."

Virulent Emissary · {G} · Creature — Elf Assassin · Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "I could use a knife, but I'd miss that tremble under my fingers as the poison takes hold."

Price
from $0.362 printings
Win rate
59.0% GIH 25,860 instances · Premier Draft
Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 15,261 wins in 25,860 card-in-hand instances.

24,351 distinct games · 8,895 distinct drafts · games recorded Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026.

17Lands file dated May 18, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

59.0%when drawn (GIH)

+4.0 pp vs 55.0% average · 25,860 instances

Premier Draft · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · average from 536,566 games

#58 of 274 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.4 on average (40,703 packs).

6 of 42 green cards · 3 of 16 green uncommon cards.

Taken at pick4.012,287 picks
Makes the deck84.5%12,287 picks with known usage
When played57.0%57,542.5 matchesBenched 54.2%
7,085.5 matches
When drawn59.0%25,860 instances

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% · 11,403 instances
● Drawn later 58.2% · 14,457 instances

In hand 59.0% · 25,860 instances
Unseen in deck 55.7% · 36,134 instances
+3.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with green cards

Win rate when drawn59.0%25,860 instances6 of 42
Opening hand60.1%11,403 instances4 of 42
Drawn later58.2%14,457 instances13 of 42
In the deck57.2%62,814 instances4 of 42
Without seeing it55.7%36,134 instances6 of 42
Improvement when drawn+3.3 pp25,860 instances / 36,134 instances14 of 42
When benched54.2%7,085.5 matches27 of 43
Makes the deck84.5%12,287 picks with known usage4 of 43
Pick (last seen)3.440,703 packs13 of 43
Taken at4.012,287 picks12 of 43

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 BG61.8%9,036 instancesKithkin GW59.1%2,946 instancesRed–Green RG57.6%99 instances · under 100Blue–Green UG51.2%86 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.0% · 25,860 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.

Assert Perfection29,734 games with both in the deckLys Alana Informant28,967 games with both in the deckSafewright Cavalry26,204 games with both in the deck
How 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 79% of 274 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

ECL 0202 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.36
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$1.07

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.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional 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
Tiffany Turrill, ECL 202 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Lorwyn Eclipsed · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗