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Council's Deliberation LTR 0046 · uncommon

Council's Deliberation · {1}{U} · Instant · Draw a card.
Whenever you scry, if you control an Island, you may exile this card from your graveyard. If you do, draw a card. · "I will take the Ring to Mordor, though I do not know the way."
—Frodo

Council's Deliberation · {1}{U} · Instant · Draw a card. Whenever you scry, if you control an Island, you may exile this card from your graveyard. If you do, draw a card. · "I will take the Ring to Mordor, though I do not know the way." —Frodo

Price
from $0.202 printings
Win rate
54.1% GIH 26,107 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 14,112 wins in 26,107 card-in-hand instances.

24,233 distinct games · 8,171 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

54.1%when drawn (GIH)

−1.5 pp vs 55.6% average · 26,107 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#169 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.1 on average (104,894 packs).

25 of 38 blue cards · 10 of 11 blue uncommon cards.

Taken at pick7.117,540 picks
Makes the deck50.7%17,540 picks with known usage
When played52.3%44,569.5 matchesBenched 55.8%
40,840.5 matches
When drawn54.1%26,107 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 52.1% · 9,467 instances
● Drawn later 55.1% · 16,640 instances

In hand 54.1% · 26,107 instances
Unseen in deck 50.5% · 27,834 instances
+3.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn54.1%26,107 instances25 of 38
Opening hand52.1%9,467 instances23 of 38
Drawn later55.1%16,640 instances27 of 38
In the deck52.3%54,371 instances26 of 38
Without seeing it50.5%27,834 instances25 of 38
Improvement when drawn+3.6 pp26,107 instances / 27,834 instances22 of 38
When benched55.8%40,840.5 matches10 of 38
Makes the deck50.7%17,540 picks with known usage22 of 38
Pick (last seen)5.1104,894 packs18 of 38
Taken at7.117,540 picks20 of 38

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

Blue–Red UR57.0%8,732 instancesBlue–Black UB56.8%3,631 instancesWhite–Blue WU53.6%2,086 instancesBlue–Green UG50.6%3,084 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.1% · 26,107 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Mordor Muster+6.5 pp4,888 games with both in the deck · 1,514 both drawnIthilien Kingfisher+3.9 pp15,679 games with both in the deck · 4,524 both drawnArwen's Gift+2.9 pp22,303 games with both in the deck · 6,331 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 33% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

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2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0046 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.20
Foildraft · set · Collector Booster$0.26

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,075 packs (0.09%) · 3.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.35%) · 70.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 358 packs (0.28%) · 8.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 24 packs (4.13%) · 71.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.53%) · 26.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (10.00%) · 85.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterUncommons100% per positionDraft and Set Booster uncommon printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil uncommons100% per positionFoil uncommons other than Nazgûl

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Viko Menezes, LTR 46 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗