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Borrowed Knowledge SOS 0178 · uncommon

Borrowed Knowledge · {2}{R}{W} · Sorcery · Choose one — • Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand. • Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded this way. · "Professor, we study history and my neighbor wrote his answer first. I was learning from the past."

Borrowed Knowledge · {2}{R}{W} · Sorcery · Choose one — • Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand. • Discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded this way. · "Professor, we study history and my neighbor wrote his answer first. I was learning from the past."

Price
from $0.201 printing
Win rate
46.3% GIH 786 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 364 wins in 786 card-in-hand instances.

777 distinct games · 332 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

46.3%when drawn (GIH)

−9.1 pp vs 55.4% average · 786 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games

#312 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.9 on average (92,212 packs).

81 of 83 multicolor cards · 35 of 35 multicolor uncommon cards.

Taken at pick11.510,806 picks
Makes the deck3.2%10,806 picks with known usage
When played47.4%1,673.9 matchesBenched 55.3%
53,822.1 matches
When drawn46.3%786 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 46.4% · 291 instances
● Drawn later 46.3% · 495 instances

In hand 46.3% · 786 instances
Unseen in deck 49.4% · 966 instances
−3.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn46.3%786 instances81 of 83
Opening hand46.4%291 instances78 of 82
Drawn later46.3%495 instances82 of 83
In the deck48.0%1,753 instances81 of 83
Without seeing it49.4%966 instances76 of 83
Improvement when drawn−3.1 pp786 instances / 966 instances80 of 83
When benched55.3%53,822.1 matches23 of 83
Makes the deck3.2%10,806 picks with known usage83 of 83
Pick (last seen)7.992,212 packs83 of 83
Taken at11.510,806 picks83 of 83

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

Lorehold Flashback Excavation RW47.8%544 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (46.3% · 786 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.

Pursue the Past986 games with both in the deckSpirit Mascot978 games with both in the deckWilt in the Heat910 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 3% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

SOS 0178 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-lorehold$0.20
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.25

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 33 packs (3.00%) · 30.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 298 packs (0.34%) · 9.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.38%) · 64.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-lorehold · Modeled · About 1 in 9 packs (11.11%) · 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 BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Inkognit, SOS 178 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Lorehold Flashback Excavation cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗