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River Herald Scout LCI 0072 · common

River Herald Scout · {1}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Scout · 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: 1/2 · "Don't worry, little swimmers. I'm here for the ruins, not you."

River Herald Scout · {1}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Scout · 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: 1/2 · "Don't worry, little swimmers. I'm here for the ruins, not you."

Price
from $0.131 printing
Win rate
54.7% GIH 81,492 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 44,592 wins in 81,492 card-in-hand instances.

69,454 distinct games · 22,410 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

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

Draft data

54.7%when drawn (GIH)

−0.6 pp vs 55.3% average · 81,492 instances

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

#134 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.4 on average (236,835 packs).

22 of 41 blue cards · 9 of 19 blue common cards.

Taken at pick7.346,789 picks
Makes the deck66.4%46,789 picks with known usage
When played54.9%165,070.8 matchesBenched 56.7%
73,522.2 matches
When drawn54.7%81,492 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 54.9% · 34,738 instances
● Drawn later 54.6% · 46,754 instances

In hand 54.7% · 81,492 instances
Unseen in deck 54.9% · 113,492 instances
−0.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn54.7%81,492 instances22 of 41
Opening hand54.9%34,738 instances19 of 41
Drawn later54.6%46,754 instances25 of 41
In the deck54.8%196,114 instances22 of 41
Without seeing it54.9%113,492 instances17 of 41
Improvement when drawn−0.2 pp81,492 instances / 113,492 instances26 of 41
When benched56.7%73,522.2 matches2 of 41
Makes the deck66.4%46,789 picks with known usage18 of 41
Pick (last seen)5.4236,835 packs21 of 41
Taken at7.346,789 picks21 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

Oltec Ingenuity WU56.6%22,391 instancesPirates' Plunder UR55.3%16,295 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB54.6%13,569 instancesRiver Herald Expedition UG54.0%9,985 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.7% · 81,492 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Abuelo, Ancestral Echo+5.9 pp8,118 games with both in the deck · 1,839 both drawnDead Weight+3.9 pp16,742 games with both in the deck · 4,740 both drawnEtali's Favor+3.7 pp15,400 games with both in the deck · 3,650 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 47% 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 0072 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.13
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.22

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
Josu Hernaiz, LCI 72 · 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 ↗