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Escape from Orthanc LTR 0012 · common

Escape from Orthanc · {W} · Instant · Target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. Untap it. · "How far can you bear me?" asked Gandalf. "Many leagues," said Gwaihir, "but not to the ends of the earth. I was sent to bear tidings, not burdens."

Escape from Orthanc · {W} · Instant · Target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. Untap it. · "How far can you bear me?" asked Gandalf. "Many leagues," said Gwaihir, "but not to the ends of the earth. I was sent to bear tidings, not burdens."

Price
from $0.192 printings
Win rate
55.1% GIH 22,553 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 12,418 wins in 22,553 card-in-hand instances.

21,358 distinct games · 8,013 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

55.1%when drawn (GIH)

−0.5 pp vs 55.6% average · 22,553 instances

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

#144 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 8.0 on average (367,056 packs).

19 of 38 white cards · 6 of 19 white common cards.

Taken at pick11.346,719 picks
Makes the deck19.1%46,719 picks with known usage
When played55.0%46,931.9 matchesBenched 55.6%
185,965.1 matches
When drawn55.1%22,553 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 53.7% · 8,561 instances
● Drawn later 55.9% · 13,992 instances

In hand 55.1% · 22,553 instances
Unseen in deck 54.7% · 34,429 instances
+0.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn55.1%22,553 instances19 of 38
Opening hand53.7%8,561 instances18 of 37
Drawn later55.9%13,992 instances21 of 37
In the deck54.9%57,004 instances11 of 38
Without seeing it54.7%34,429 instances4 of 38
Improvement when drawn+0.3 pp22,553 instances / 34,429 instances26 of 38
When benched55.6%185,965.1 matches12 of 38
Makes the deck19.1%46,719 picks with known usage33 of 38
Pick (last seen)8.0367,056 packs37 of 38
Taken at11.346,719 picks36 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

White–Black WB57.1%4,897 instancesRed–White RW56.1%10,066 instancesWhite–Blue WU53.2%1,466 instancesGreen–White GW51.3%1,603 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 22,553 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Stalwarts of Osgiliath+3.7 pp12,914 games with both in the deck · 2,660 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 43% 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

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0012 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.19
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.22

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 675 packs (0.15%) · 5.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (9.68%) · 97.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 225 packs (0.44%) · 12.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.26%) · 72.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 25 packs (3.95%) · 38.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 5 packs (20.00%) · 98.2% 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 positionDraft and Set Booster common printings
Draft BoosterCommon or foil67%Draft and Set Booster common printings
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil commons100% per positionMain set · common
Collector BoosterFoil common or rare Sol Ring treatmentRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedMain set · common

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

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Anthony Devine, LTR 12 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗