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Intrepid Paleontologist LCI 0193 · rare

Intrepid Paleontologist · {1}{G} · Creature — Human Druid · {T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}: Exile target card from a graveyard. You may cast Dinosaur creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.) · Power / toughness: 2/2

Intrepid Paleontologist · {1}{G} · Creature — Human Druid · {T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}: Exile target card from a graveyard. You may cast Dinosaur creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.) · Power / toughness: 2/2

Price
from $0.474 printings
Win rate
61.0% GIH 10,199 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,218 wins in 10,199 card-in-hand instances.

10,103 distinct games · 3,665 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

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

Draft data

61.0%when drawn (GIH)

+5.6 pp vs 55.3% average · 10,199 instances

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

#26 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.8 on average (9,624 packs).

4 of 41 green cards · 3 of 7 green rare cards.

Taken at pick1.84,731 picks
Makes the deck79.3%4,731 picks with known usage
When played57.5%20,652 matchesBenched 55.3%
3,979 matches
When drawn61.0%10,199 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 62.8% · 4,505 instances
● Drawn later 59.5% · 5,694 instances

In hand 61.0% · 10,199 instances
Unseen in deck 54.5% · 14,110 instances
+6.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with green cards

Win rate when drawn61.0%10,199 instances4 of 41
Opening hand62.8%4,505 instances3 of 41
Drawn later59.5%5,694 instances6 of 41
In the deck57.3%24,499 instances3 of 41
Without seeing it54.5%14,110 instances17 of 41
Improvement when drawn+6.4 pp10,199 instances / 14,110 instances5 of 41
When benched55.3%3,979 matches18 of 41
Makes the deck79.3%4,731 picks with known usage9 of 41
Pick (last seen)1.89,624 packs7 of 41
Taken at1.84,731 picks7 of 41

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

Dinosaurs of the Sun Empire RG63.6%3,378 instancesFungal Festering BG60.0%1,421 instancesMalamet Tactics GW59.8%878 instancesRiver Herald Expedition UG59.8%664 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (61.0% · 10,199 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.

Pathfinding Axejaw13,432 games with both in the deckHuatli's Final Strike12,609 games with both in the deckPoison Dart Frog12,477 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 90% 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

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LCI 0193 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.47
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.54

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 75 packs (1.33%) · 14.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,507 packs (0.07%) · 2.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 75 packs (1.33%) · 38.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 549 packs (0.18%) · 5.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 66 packs (1.51%) · 36.6% 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 BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Set BoosterMain-set rare or mythic100%Main-set rare or mythic
Set BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterWildcards100% per positionWildcards
Collector BoosterTraditional foil rare or mythic85.3%Rare

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
Irina Nordsol, LCI 193 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗