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Quicksand Whirlpool LCI 0031 · common

Quicksand Whirlpool · {5}{W} · Instant · This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a tapped creature. Exile target creature. · "Those who would steal the blood and breath of the living will drink their fill of the sand." —Sovereign Okinec Ahau

Quicksand Whirlpool · {5}{W} · Instant · This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a tapped creature. Exile target creature. · "Those who would steal the blood and breath of the living will drink their fill of the sand." —Sovereign Okinec Ahau

Price
from $0.071 printing
Win rate
55.9% GIH 60,213 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 33,675 wins in 60,213 card-in-hand instances.

55,541 distinct games · 19,523 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

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

Draft data

55.9%when drawn (GIH)

+0.6 pp vs 55.3% average · 60,213 instances

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

#106 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.2 on average (232,799 packs).

18 of 42 white cards · 5 of 19 white common cards.

Taken at pick7.435,694 picks
Makes the deck64.1%35,694 picks with known usage
When played55.2%121,975.5 matchesBenched 56.8%
59,814.5 matches
When drawn55.9%60,213 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 54.2% · 23,474 instances
● Drawn later 57.1% · 36,739 instances

In hand 55.9% · 60,213 instances
Unseen in deck 54.6% · 85,536 instances
+1.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn55.9%60,213 instances18 of 42
Opening hand54.2%23,474 instances21 of 42
Drawn later57.1%36,739 instances14 of 42
In the deck55.2%146,436 instances22 of 42
Without seeing it54.6%85,536 instances23 of 42
Improvement when drawn+1.3 pp60,213 instances / 85,536 instances16 of 42
When benched56.8%59,814.5 matches1 of 42
Makes the deck64.1%35,694 picks with known usage24 of 42
Pick (last seen)5.2232,799 packs24 of 42
Taken at7.435,694 picks24 of 42

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

Oltec Ingenuity WU57.9%22,201 instancesMalamet Tactics GW56.5%5,368 instancesDusk Legion Pilgrimage WB55.1%7,245 instancesThousand-Moon Legion RW54.5%8,854 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.9% · 60,213 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Waterwind Scout+2.4 pp31,856 games with both in the deck · 8,270 both drawnMischievous Pup+3.0 pp19,924 games with both in the deck · 4,106 both drawnMiner's Guidewing+1.7 pp56,865 games with both in the deck · 13,154 both drawn
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 58% 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 0031 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.07
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.19

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.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Draft BoosterCommon or traditional foil67%Common
Draft BoosterCommon or traditional foil33%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Set BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterWildcards100% per positionWildcards
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional 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
L.A. Draws, LCI 31 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗