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Soothing of Sméagol LTR 0070 · common

Soothing of Sméagol · {1}{U} · Instant · Return target nontoken creature to its owner's hand. The Ring tempts you. · Frodo's heart sank. This was too much like trickery, and certainly what he did would seem a treachery to the poor treacherous creature.

Soothing of Sméagol · {1}{U} · Instant · Return target nontoken creature to its owner's hand. The Ring tempts you. · Frodo's heart sank. This was too much like trickery, and certainly what he did would seem a treachery to the poor treacherous creature.

Price
from $0.252 printings
Win rate
59.0% GIH 144,138 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 85,045 wins in 144,138 card-in-hand instances.

120,166 distinct games · 35,069 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

59.0%when drawn (GIH)

+3.4 pp vs 55.6% average · 144,138 instances

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

#54 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.3 on average (298,394 packs).

8 of 38 blue cards · 3 of 19 blue common cards.

Taken at pick7.161,828 picks
Makes the deck72.3%61,828 picks with known usage
When played55.9%236,066.2 matchesBenched 55.8%
72,538.8 matches
When drawn59.0%144,138 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 54.8% · 49,436 instances
● Drawn later 61.2% · 94,702 instances

In hand 59.0% · 144,138 instances
Unseen in deck 52.6% · 144,912 instances
+6.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn59.0%144,138 instances8 of 38
Opening hand54.8%49,436 instances14 of 38
Drawn later61.2%94,702 instances7 of 38
In the deck55.8%289,204 instances12 of 38
Without seeing it52.6%144,912 instances9 of 38
Improvement when drawn+6.4 pp144,138 instances / 144,912 instances8 of 38
When benched55.8%72,538.8 matches11 of 38
Makes the deck72.3%61,828 picks with known usage13 of 38
Pick (last seen)5.3298,394 packs19 of 38
Taken at7.161,828 picks19 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 UR60.9%52,986 instancesBlue–Black UB60.4%29,682 instancesWhite–Blue WU56.9%9,043 instancesBlue–Green UG52.2%4,714 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.0% · 144,138 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Ioreth of the Healing House+4.5 pp23,530 games with both in the deck · 6,630 both drawnBirthday Escape+2.5 pp128,553 games with both in the deck · 46,947 both drawnGandalf's Sanction+2.8 pp54,830 games with both in the deck · 18,265 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 79% 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 0070 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.25
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.30

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 (9.55%) · 97.3% 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 →

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
Lixin Yin, LTR 70 · 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 ↗