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Gríma Wormtongue LTR 0088 · uncommon

Gríma Wormtongue · {2}{B} · Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · Your opponents can't gain life. {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2. · Power / toughness: 1/4 · "Do not weary yourself, or tax too heavily your strength. Let others deal with these irksome guests."

Gríma Wormtongue · {2}{B} · Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · Your opponents can't gain life. {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2. · Power / toughness: 1/4 · "Do not weary yourself, or tax too heavily your strength. Let others deal with these irksome guests."

Price
from $0.173 printings
Win rate
55.3% GIH 34,075 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 18,852 wins in 34,075 card-in-hand instances.

32,941 distinct games · 11,838 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

55.3%when drawn (GIH)

−0.3 pp vs 55.6% average · 34,075 instances

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

#137 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.5 on average (76,193 packs).

30 of 38 black cards · 9 of 11 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick4.716,230 picks
Makes the deck74.4%16,230 picks with known usage
When played54.7%63,070.3 matchesBenched 55.8%
17,043.7 matches
When drawn55.3%34,075 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% · 13,188 instances
● Drawn later 56.3% · 20,887 instances

In hand 55.3% · 34,075 instances
Unseen in deck 54.1% · 43,166 instances
+1.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn55.3%34,075 instances30 of 38
Opening hand53.7%13,188 instances29 of 38
Drawn later56.3%20,887 instances29 of 38
In the deck54.7%77,176 instances30 of 38
Without seeing it54.1%43,166 instances31 of 38
Improvement when drawn+1.3 pp34,075 instances / 43,166 instances28 of 38
When benched55.8%17,043.7 matches17 of 38
Makes the deck74.4%16,230 picks with known usage21 of 38
Pick (last seen)3.576,193 packs17 of 38
Taken at4.716,230 picks17 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–Black UB57.1%5,312 instancesBlack–Red BR56.9%9,166 instancesWhite–Black WB56.0%6,182 instancesBlack–Green BG53.5%1,976 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.3% · 34,075 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Soothing of Sméagol+4.7 pp8,856 games with both in the deck · 2,541 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 46% 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

3 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0088 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.17
Foildraft · set · Collector Booster$0.36

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
Alex Brock, LTR 88 · 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 ↗