Malamet Veteran LCI 0201 · common
Malamet Veteran · {4}{G} · Creature — Cat Warrior · Trample Descend 4 — Whenever this creature attacks, if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. · Power / toughness: 5/4 · The mightiest Malamet warriors train as titan-killers, elite champions capable of facing down the caverns' most fearsome beasts.
- Price
- from $0.141 printing
- Win rate
- 52.6% GIH 19,309 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickA trampler that adds attack counters after reaching four permanent cards in your graveyard.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 10,153 wins in 19,309 card-in-hand instances.
18,264 distinct games · 7,024 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.
17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
A trampler that adds attack counters after reaching four permanent cards in your graveyard.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Grow creatures beyond their base power and attack to convert those improvements into cards. Look for support such as Miner's Guidewing and Cenote Scout.
- What to take next
- A boosted attacker that connects can trigger Kutzil; trample helps it get damage past a small blocker.
- Wrong pick
- Kutzil draws once for each combat-damage event, not once for every qualifying creature that connects at the same time.
- 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
- A trampler that adds attack counters after reaching four permanent cards in your graveyard.
Draft data
−2.8 pp vs 55.3% average · 19,309 instances
Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games
#191 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.4 on average (279,221 packs).
32 of 41 green cards · 13 of 19 green common cards.
98,517.5 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 50.8% · 7,528 instances
● Drawn later 53.7% · 11,781 instances
In hand 52.6% · 19,309 instances
Unseen in deck 52.0% · 28,892 instances
+0.6 percentage points when drawn
Compared with green 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
Malamet Tactics GW53.9%2,761 instancesDinosaurs of the Sun Empire RG53.2%3,753 instancesRiver Herald Expedition UG53.2%2,314 instancesFungal Festering BG52.4%5,073 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.6% · 19,309 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.
Huatli's Final Strike22,011 games with both in the deckPoison Dart Frog21,427 games with both in the deckPathfinding Axejaw20,429 games with both in the deckHow 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 24% 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 | $0.16 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $0.14 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.70%) · 36.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 565 packs (0.18%) · 6.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (9.36%) · 97.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 188 packs (0.53%) · 14.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.31%) · 73.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Booster | Commons | 100% per position | Commons |
| Draft Booster | Common or traditional foil | 67% | Common |
| Draft Booster | Common or traditional foil | 33% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Commons | 100% per position | Commons |
| Set Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Wildcards | 100% per position | Wildcards |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil commons | 100% per position | Traditional foil commons |
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan ↗ · 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
- Steve Prescott, LCI 201 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Malamet Tactics cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗