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Bold Biochemist MSH 0048 · common

Bold Biochemist · {1}{U} · Creature — Human Scientist · Power-up — {5}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw two cards. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by its mana cost if it entered this turn.) · Power / toughness: 1/3 · "Dr. Pym always told me I was meant for big things. Turns out, he was right." —Dr. Bill Foster

Bold Biochemist · {1}{U} · Creature — Human Scientist · Power-up — {5}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw two cards. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by its mana cost if it entered this turn.) · Power / toughness: 1/3 · "Dr. Pym always told me I was meant for big things. Turns out, he was right." —Dr. Bill Foster

Price
from $0.071 printing
Win rate
58.3% GIH 14,173 instances · Pick-Two Draft
Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 8,269 wins in 14,173 card-in-hand instances.

12,631 distinct games · 6,132 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jul 27, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

58.3%when drawn (GIH)

+1.5 pp vs 56.8% average · 14,173 instances

Pick-Two Draft · Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · average from 106,417 games

#96 of 259 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.4 on average (30,962 packs).

18 of 40 blue cards · 8 of 15 blue common cards.

Taken at pick4.111,940 picks
Makes the deck76.0%5,847 picks with known usage
When played57.7%15,650.5 matchesBenched 56.4%
4,068.5 matches
When drawn58.3%14,173 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.8% · 5,554 instances
● Drawn later 60.0% · 8,619 instances

In hand 58.3% · 14,173 instances
Unseen in deck 58.2% · 16,978 instances
+0.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn58.3%14,173 instances18 of 40
Opening hand55.8%5,554 instances22 of 40
Drawn later60.0%8,619 instances15 of 40
In the deck58.3%31,125 instances11 of 45
Without seeing it58.2%16,978 instances2 of 42
Improvement when drawn+0.1 pp14,173 instances / 16,978 instances31 of 40
When benched56.4%4,068.5 matches23 of 40
Makes the deck76.0%5,847 picks with known usage15 of 40
Pick (last seen)3.430,962 packs41 of 51
Taken at4.111,940 picks30 of 40

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

+1/+1 Counters UG60.9%629 instancesTeamwork WU60.9%3,830 instancesDraw Second Card UB57.3%985 instancesArtifacts UR52.4%552 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.3% · 14,173 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.

Trickster's Stratagem12,869 games with both in the deckS.H.I.E.L.D. Deployment Drone12,359 games with both in the deckWe Say Thee Nay!11,990 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 63% of 259 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

MSH 0048 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilJumpstart Booster Pack · Play Booster · Beginner Box · Beginner Box Case$0.07
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.14

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.30%) · 33.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 17 packs (5.88%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 133 packs (0.75%) · 20.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (8.73%) · 93.5% 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
Play BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or source material23 in 24Common
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons
Jumpstart BoosterOne complete 20-card theme100% per positionFixed cards from one of 51 themes

Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Marco Turini, MSH 48 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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