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Wail of the Forgotten LCI 0244 · rare

Wail of the Forgotten · {U}{B} · Sorcery · Descend 8 — Choose one. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell, choose one or more instead. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Target opponent discards a card. • Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Wail of the Forgotten · {U}{B} · Sorcery · Descend 8 — Choose one. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell, choose one or more instead. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Target opponent discards a card. • Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Price
from $0.254 printings
Win rate
55.9% GIH 5,142 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 2,875 wins in 5,142 card-in-hand instances.

5,030 distinct games · 1,872 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 · 5,142 instances

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

#107 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.2 on average (23,222 packs).

15 of 27 multicolor cards · 6 of 9 multicolor rare cards.

Taken at pick5.34,515 picks
Makes the deck42.7%4,515 picks with known usage
When played53.0%9,872.6 matchesBenched 54.8%
12,407.4 matches
When drawn55.9%5,142 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 52.0% · 1,871 instances
● Drawn later 58.1% · 3,271 instances

In hand 55.9% · 5,142 instances
Unseen in deck 50.1% · 6,501 instances
+5.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn55.9%5,142 instances15 of 27
Opening hand52.0%1,871 instances21 of 27
Drawn later58.1%3,271 instances9 of 27
In the deck52.9%11,811 instances16 of 27
Without seeing it50.1%6,501 instances22 of 27
Improvement when drawn+5.8 pp5,142 instances / 6,501 instances8 of 27
When benched54.8%12,407.4 matches20 of 27
Makes the deck42.7%4,515 picks with known usage24 of 27
Pick (last seen)4.223,222 packs21 of 27
Taken at5.34,515 picks20 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 UB56.6%3,678 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.9% · 5,142 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.

Dead Weight6,322 games with both in the deckDeathcap Marionette6,136 games with both in the deckAnother Chance5,638 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 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

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LCI 0244 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.30
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.32

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 75 packs (1.33%) · 14.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 2,260 packs (0.04%) · 1.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 113 packs (0.89%) · 27.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 823 packs (0.12%) · 3.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 69 packs (1.45%) · 35.5% 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 mythic85.3%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
Ryan Valle, LCI 244 · 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 ↗