Volatile Fault LCI 0286 · uncommon
Volatile Fault · Land — Cave · {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You create a Treasure token.
- Price
- from $0.311 printing
- Win rate
- 49.0% GIH 7,117 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 3,488 wins in 7,117 card-in-hand instances.
6,925 distinct games · 2,813 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.
17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
−6.3 pp vs 55.3% average · 7,117 instances
Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games
Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 7.5 on average (114,965 packs).
39 of 39 land cards.
47,538 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 47.1% · 2,821 instances
● Drawn later 50.2% · 4,296 instances
In hand 49.0% · 7,117 instances
Unseen in deck 49.2% · 9,745 instances
−0.1 percentage points when drawn
Compared with land 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
Thousand-Moon Legion RW51.6% ◌287 instancesPirates' Plunder UR50.3% ◌340 instancesDinosaurs of the Sun Empire RG50.2% ◌424 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB49.5% ◌459 instancesOltec Ingenuity WU49.2%510 instancesDusk Legion Pilgrimage WB48.7% ◌376 instancesFungal Festering BG48.6% ◌327 instancesMalamet Tactics GW47.8% ◌161 instancesRiver Herald Expedition UG44.5% ◌155 instancesGoing Down! BR44.4% ◌286 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (49.0% · 7,117 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Card partners need a verified analysis of this format’s public game file.
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 | $0.31 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $0.40 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 31 packs (3.26%) · 32.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,104 packs (0.09%) · 3.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.75%) · 74.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 368 packs (0.27%) · 7.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 28 packs (3.63%) · 67.0% 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 | Common or traditional foil | 33% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Draft Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Set Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Set Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Wildcards | 100% per position | Wildcards |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional foil uncommons |
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
- Andrew Mar, LCI 286 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗