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The Black Breath LTR 0078 · common

The Black Breath · {2}{B} · Sorcery · Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. The Ring tempts you. · "When the black breath blows, death's shadow grows." —A rhyme of old days

The Black Breath · {2}{B} · Sorcery · Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. The Ring tempts you. · "When the black breath blows, death's shadow grows." —A rhyme of old days

Price
from $0.232 printings
Win rate
57.0% GIH 48,650 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 27,736 wins in 48,650 card-in-hand instances.

47,495 distinct games · 17,109 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

57.0%when drawn (GIH)

+1.4 pp vs 55.6% average · 48,650 instances

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

#91 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.9 on average (351,768 packs).

23 of 38 black cards · 12 of 19 black common cards.

Taken at pick9.952,387 picks
Makes the deck32.3%52,387 picks with known usage
When played55.4%89,444.6 matchesBenched 56.7%
175,033.4 matches
When drawn57.0%48,650 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 54.2% · 17,852 instances
● Drawn later 58.6% · 30,798 instances

In hand 57.0% · 48,650 instances
Unseen in deck 54.2% · 60,847 instances
+2.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn57.0%48,650 instances23 of 38
Opening hand54.2%17,852 instances24 of 38
Drawn later58.6%30,798 instances19 of 38
In the deck55.5%109,668 instances23 of 38
Without seeing it54.2%60,847 instances27 of 38
Improvement when drawn+2.8 pp48,650 instances / 60,847 instances17 of 38
When benched56.7%175,033.4 matches6 of 38
Makes the deck32.3%52,387 picks with known usage37 of 38
Pick (last seen)6.9351,768 packs38 of 38
Taken at9.952,387 picks38 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 UB60.0%11,278 instancesBlack–Green BG58.7%2,403 instancesWhite–Black WB57.9%5,877 instancesBlack–Red BR57.2%12,395 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.0% · 48,650 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Claim the Precious+2.6 pp49,740 games with both in the deck · 12,479 both drawnCall of the Ring+5.3 pp6,798 games with both in the deck · 1,578 both drawnUruk-hai Berserker+2.2 pp49,635 games with both in the deck · 12,549 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 64% 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 0078 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.24
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.23

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 11 packs (9.20%) · 96.9% 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
Chris Cold, LTR 78 · 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 ↗