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Saruman's Trickery LTR 0068 · uncommon

Saruman's Trickery · {1}{U}{U} · Instant · Counter target spell. Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) · "I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly." —Saruman

Saruman's Trickery · {1}{U}{U} · Instant · Counter target spell. Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) · "I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly." —Saruman

Price
from $0.202 printings
Win rate
63.5% GIH 71,568 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 45,447 wins in 71,568 card-in-hand instances.

63,389 distinct games · 18,952 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

63.5%when drawn (GIH)

+7.9 pp vs 55.6% average · 71,568 instances

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

#9 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.6 on average (73,792 packs).

2 of 38 blue cards · 1 of 11 blue uncommon cards.

Taken at pick4.026,746 picks
Makes the deck80.3%26,746 picks with known usage
When played58.0%116,823.9 matchesBenched 56.2%
20,432.1 matches
When drawn63.5%71,568 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 61.6% · 23,918 instances
● Drawn later 64.4% · 47,650 instances

In hand 63.5% · 71,568 instances
Unseen in deck 52.6% · 71,359 instances
+10.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn63.5%71,568 instances2 of 38
Opening hand61.6%23,918 instances2 of 38
Drawn later64.4%47,650 instances2 of 38
In the deck58.0%142,594 instances2 of 38
Without seeing it52.6%71,359 instances10 of 38
Improvement when drawn+10.9 pp71,568 instances / 71,359 instances2 of 38
When benched56.2%20,432.1 matches2 of 38
Makes the deck80.3%26,746 picks with known usage3 of 38
Pick (last seen)3.673,792 packs6 of 38
Taken at4.026,746 picks4 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 UB65.3%17,589 instancesBlue–Red UR65.0%24,613 instancesWhite–Blue WU61.9%4,056 instancesBlue–Green UG57.6%1,774 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (63.5% · 71,568 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.

Glorious Gale73,401 games with both in the deckBirthday Escape72,274 games with both in the deckLórien Revealed72,093 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 97% 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 0068 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.20
Foildraft · set · Collector Booster$0.28

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
Yongjae Choi, LTR 68 · 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 ↗