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Sauron's Ransom LTR 0225 · rare

Sauron's Ransom · {1}{U}{B} · Instant · Choose an opponent. They look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. The Ring tempts you. · "He was dear to you, I see. And now he shall endure the slow torment of years."

Sauron's Ransom · {1}{U}{B} · Instant · Choose an opponent. They look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. The Ring tempts you. · "He was dear to you, I see. And now he shall endure the slow torment of years."

Price
from $0.605 printings
Win rate
60.1% GIH 14,686 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 8,826 wins in 14,686 card-in-hand instances.

13,975 distinct games · 4,603 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

60.1%when drawn (GIH)

+4.5 pp vs 55.6% average · 14,686 instances

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

#37 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.7 on average (27,263 packs).

10 of 45 multicolor cards · 4 of 20 multicolor rare cards.

Taken at pick4.47,773 picks
Makes the deck58.6%7,773 picks with known usage
When played55.9%23,768.9 matchesBenched 55.6%
14,527.1 matches
When drawn60.1%14,686 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 56.9% · 5,010 instances
● Drawn later 61.7% · 9,676 instances

In hand 60.1% · 14,686 instances
Unseen in deck 52.3% · 15,006 instances
+7.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn60.1%14,686 instances10 of 45
Opening hand56.9%5,010 instances14 of 43
Drawn later61.7%9,676 instances7 of 44
In the deck56.2%29,576 instances8 of 45
Without seeing it52.3%15,006 instances14 of 44
Improvement when drawn+7.8 pp14,686 instances / 15,006 instances13 of 44
When benched55.6%14,527.1 matches19 of 45
Makes the deck58.6%7,773 picks with known usage24 of 45
Pick (last seen)3.727,263 packs25 of 45
Taken at4.47,773 picks22 of 45

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 UB61.8%6,631 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (60.1% · 14,686 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Easterling Vanguard+4.6 pp9,756 games with both in the deck · 2,743 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 86% 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

5 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0225 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.60
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.79

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,715 packs (0.06%) · 2.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 86 packs (1.17%) · 34.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 645 packs (0.15%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 59 packs (1.68%) · 39.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% 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 BoosterRare or mythic rareRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed rare or mythicRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil main-set rare or mythic85.7%Main set · rare

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 225 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Blue–Black cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗