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River Herald Guide LCI 0209 · common

River Herald Guide · {2}{G} · Creature — Merfolk Scout · Vigilance When this creature enters, it explores. (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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) · Power / toughness: 3/1

River Herald Guide · {2}{G} · Creature — Merfolk Scout · Vigilance When this creature enters, it explores. (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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) · Power / toughness: 3/1

Price
from $0.111 printing
Win rate
55.1% GIH 60,043 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 33,098 wins in 60,043 card-in-hand instances.

52,211 distinct games · 17,097 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

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

Draft data

55.1%when drawn (GIH)

−0.2 pp vs 55.3% average · 60,043 instances

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

#125 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.6 on average (241,492 packs).

23 of 41 green cards · 7 of 19 green common cards.

Taken at pick7.834,562 picks
Makes the deck67.4%34,562 picks with known usage
When played54.9%125,498.2 matchesBenched 55.5%
52,106.8 matches
When drawn55.1%60,043 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 54.4% · 25,847 instances
● Drawn later 55.6% · 34,196 instances

In hand 55.1% · 60,043 instances
Unseen in deck 54.5% · 85,274 instances
+0.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with green cards

Win rate when drawn55.1%60,043 instances23 of 41
Opening hand54.4%25,847 instances22 of 41
Drawn later55.6%34,196 instances23 of 41
In the deck54.8%146,138 instances23 of 41
Without seeing it54.5%85,274 instances15 of 41
Improvement when drawn+0.6 pp60,043 instances / 85,274 instances25 of 41
When benched55.5%52,106.8 matches7 of 41
Makes the deck67.4%34,562 picks with known usage18 of 41
Pick (last seen)5.6241,492 packs25 of 41
Taken at7.834,562 picks24 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 RG56.6%15,384 instancesFungal Festering BG56.5%8,768 instancesMalamet Tactics GW56.2%8,432 instancesRiver Herald Expedition UG53.2%8,759 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 60,043 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Lodestone Needle+8.2 pp6,539 games with both in the deck · 1,555 both drawnStaggering Size+2.3 pp36,906 games with both in the deck · 8,471 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 50% 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 0209 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.11
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.18

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
David Astruga, LCI 209 · 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 ↗