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Contested Game Ball LCI 0251 · uncommon

Contested Game Ball · {2} · Artifact · Whenever you're dealt combat damage, the attacking player gains control of this artifact and untaps it. {2}, {T}: Draw a card and put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has five or more point counters on it, sacrifice it and create a Treasure token.

Contested Game Ball · {2} · Artifact · Whenever you're dealt combat damage, the attacking player gains control of this artifact and untaps it. {2}, {T}: Draw a card and put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has five or more point counters on it, sacrifice it and create a Treasure token.

Price
from $0.201 printing
Win rate
43.1% GIH 269 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 116 wins in 269 card-in-hand instances.

264 distinct games · 127 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

43.1%when drawn (GIH) · ◌

−12.2 pp vs 55.3% average · 269 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games

#250 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 9.0 on average (120,380 packs).

17 of 18 colorless cards · 7 of 7 colorless uncommon cards.

Taken at pick12.713,812 picks
Makes the deck0.9%13,812 picks with known usage
When played50.7%642.1 matchesBenched 55.4%
69,909.9 matches
When drawn43.1%269 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 35.5% · 107 instances
● Drawn later 48.1% · 162 instances

In hand 43.1% · 269 instances
Unseen in deck 53.0% · 470 instances
−9.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with colorless cards

Win rate when drawn43.1%269 instances17 of 18
Opening hand35.5%107 instances18 of 18
Drawn later48.1%162 instances16 of 18
In the deck49.4%739 instances17 of 19
Without seeing it53.0%470 instances9 of 19
Improvement when drawn−9.9 pp269 instances / 470 instances18 of 18
When benched55.4%69,909.9 matches13 of 19
Makes the deck0.9%13,812 picks with known usage18 of 19
Pick (last seen)9.0120,380 packs19 of 19
Taken at12.713,812 picks18 of 19

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

River Herald Expedition UG66.7%6 instances · under 100Fungal Festering BG60.0%5 instances · under 100Oltec Ingenuity WU55.2%29 instances · under 100Malamet Tactics GW50.0%14 instances · under 100Pirates' Plunder UR47.2%36 instances · under 100Going Down! BR42.9%7 instances · under 100Dusk Legion Pilgrimage WB39.1%23 instances · under 100Thousand-Moon Legion RW33.3%18 instances · under 100Echoes of the Dead UB31.6%19 instances · under 100Dinosaurs of the Sun Empire RG29.4%17 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (43.1% · 269 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.

Oltec Cloud Guard198 games with both in the deckTinker's Tote191 games with both in the deckAdaptive Gemguard187 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 0% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LCI 0251 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.20
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.29

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 31 packs (3.26%) · 32.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,104 packs (0.09%) · 3.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.75%) · 74.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 368 packs (0.27%) · 7.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 28 packs (3.63%) · 67.0% 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
Draft BoosterCommon or traditional foil33%Traditional foil of any rarity
Draft BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Set BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Set BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterWildcards100% per positionWildcards
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan ↗ · 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
Camille Alquier, LCI 251 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗