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Trickster's Stratagem MSH 0081 · common

Trickster's Stratagem · {3}{U} · Sorcery · The owner of target creature an opponent controls puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom. Then up to one target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.) · "Let's take you off the board, shall we?"

Trickster's Stratagem · {3}{U} · Sorcery · The owner of target creature an opponent controls puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom. Then up to one target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.) · "Let's take you off the board, shall we?"

Price
from $0.121 printing
Win rate
62.2% GIH 18,677 instances · Pick-Two Draft
Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,618 wins in 18,677 card-in-hand instances.

16,315 distinct games · 7,635 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 23–Jul 24, 2026.

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

Play

Removes a creature to its library and can connive your creature. The combination changes the board while improving your next draw.

More

One-pick Draft
Removes a creature to its library and can connive your creature. The combination changes the board while improving your next draw.
Sealed vs Draft
Removes a creature to its library and can connive your creature. The combination changes the board while improving your next draw.

Draft data

62.2%when drawn (GIH)

+5.4 pp vs 56.8% average · 18,677 instances

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

#27 of 259 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.7 on average (26,435 packs).

5 of 40 blue cards · 1 of 15 blue common cards.

Taken at pick3.113,687 picks
Makes the deck85.7%6,559 picks with known usage
When played58.4%19,946 matchesBenched 56.2%
2,416 matches
When drawn62.2%18,677 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 60.0% · 7,036 instances
● Drawn later 63.5% · 11,641 instances

In hand 62.2% · 18,677 instances
Unseen in deck 56.8% · 22,472 instances
+5.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn62.2%18,677 instances5 of 40
Opening hand60.0%7,036 instances7 of 40
Drawn later63.5%11,641 instances5 of 40
In the deck59.3%41,142 instances6 of 45
Without seeing it56.8%22,472 instances10 of 42
Improvement when drawn+5.4 pp18,677 instances / 22,472 instances7 of 40
When benched56.2%2,416 matches25 of 40
Makes the deck85.7%6,559 picks with known usage9 of 40
Pick (last seen)2.726,435 packs28 of 51
Taken at3.113,687 picks16 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

Teamwork WU65.4%4,769 instancesDraw Second Card UB62.2%1,255 instances+1/+1 Counters UG61.8%814 instancesArtifacts UR58.2%842 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (62.2% · 18,677 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.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Deployment Drone14,875 games with both in the deckWe Say Thee Nay!14,446 games with both in the deckFrozen in Ice13,517 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 90% 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 0081 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilJumpstart Booster Pack · Play Booster · Beginner Box · Beginner Box Case$0.12
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.18

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 26 packs (3.92%) · 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
David Palumbo, MSH 81 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Marvel Super Heroes · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗