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The Ancient One LCI 0222 · mythic

The Ancient One · {U}{B} · Legendary Creature — Spirit God · Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard. {2}{U}{B}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value. · Power / toughness: 8/8

The Ancient One · {U}{B} · Legendary Creature — Spirit God · Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard. {2}{U}{B}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value. · Power / toughness: 8/8

Price
from $1.914 printings
Win rate
57.7% GIH 3,100 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,789 wins in 3,100 card-in-hand instances.

3,078 distinct games · 1,157 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

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

Draft data

57.7%when drawn (GIH)

+2.4 pp vs 55.3% average · 3,100 instances

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

#57 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.7 on average (6,855 packs).

9 of 27 multicolor cards · 3 of 8 multicolor mythic cards.

Taken at pick2.82,008 picks
Makes the deck57.8%2,008 picks with known usage
When played52.9%6,004 matchesBenched 54.9%
4,005 matches
When drawn57.7%3,100 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 56.0% · 1,150 instances
● Drawn later 58.7% · 1,950 instances

In hand 57.7% · 3,100 instances
Unseen in deck 48.4% · 3,904 instances
+9.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn57.7%3,100 instances9 of 27
Opening hand56.0%1,150 instances14 of 27
Drawn later58.7%1,950 instances8 of 27
In the deck52.7%7,111 instances18 of 27
Without seeing it48.4%3,904 instances26 of 27
Improvement when drawn+9.3 pp3,100 instances / 3,904 instances5 of 27
When benched54.9%4,005 matches18 of 27
Makes the deck57.8%2,008 picks with known usage16 of 27
Pick (last seen)2.76,855 packs13 of 27
Taken at2.82,008 picks13 of 27

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

Echoes of the Dead UB59.6%2,102 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.7% · 3,100 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.

Deathcap Marionette4,080 games with both in the deckAnother Chance3,850 games with both in the deckDead Weight3,754 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 78% 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 0222 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$1.91
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$2.85

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 150 packs (0.67%) · 7.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 4,520 packs (0.02%) · 0.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 199 packs (0.50%) · 16.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 1,647 packs (0.06%) · 1.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 136 packs (0.73%) · 19.8% 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 mythic14.7%Mythic 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
Victor Adame Minguez, LCI 222 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Echoes of the Dead cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗