Defossilize LCI 0103 · uncommon
Defossilize · {4}{B} · Sorcery · Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature explores, then it explores again. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)
- Price
- from $0.171 printing
- Win rate
- 57.4% GIH 27,690 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickReturns a creature directly to play and explores twice. Draft meaningful targets and ways to put them in the graveyard.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 15,889 wins in 27,690 card-in-hand instances.
26,297 distinct games · 9,459 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.
17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Returns a creature directly to play and explores twice. Draft meaningful targets and ways to put them in the graveyard.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Trade creatures and mill permanent cards, then take over with graveyard-sized removal and recurring threats. Look for support such as Deathcap Marionette and Waterwind Scout.
- What to take next
- Marionette can trade and mill permanent cards. Echo turns that stocked graveyard into a larger toughness reduction.
- Wrong pick
- Instants and sorceries do not count toward descend. Reanimating your largest threat also reduces the permanent count.
- Mana & splash
- Count the colored sources needed to cast this card on time; a synergy payoff is not a reason to weaken an otherwise consistent mana base.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Returns a creature directly to play and explores twice. Draft meaningful targets and ways to put them in the graveyard.
Draft data
+2.0 pp vs 55.3% average · 27,690 instances
Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games
#63 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.2 on average (72,072 packs).
7 of 42 black cards · 3 of 13 black uncommon cards.
20,201.3 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 54.5% · 10,440 instances
● Drawn later 59.1% · 17,250 instances
In hand 57.4% · 27,690 instances
Unseen in deck 51.0% · 37,529 instances
+6.4 percentage points when drawn
Compared with black 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
Fungal Festering BG59.5%5,727 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB57.5%6,562 instancesDusk Legion Pilgrimage WB56.5%3,327 instancesGoing Down! BR54.7%2,697 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.4% · 27,690 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Nurturing Bristleback+10.6 pp11,482 games with both in the deck · 2,534 both drawnRampaging Spiketail+3.3 pp28,910 games with both in the deck · 6,501 both drawnMarauding Brinefang+4.7 pp10,328 games with both in the deck · 2,373 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 75% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | draft · set | $0.17 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $0.24 |
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.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Booster | Common or traditional foil | 33% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Draft Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Set Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Set Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Wildcards | 100% per position | Wildcards |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional 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
- Dibujante Nocturno, LCI 103 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Echoes of the Dead cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗