Cuboid Colony SOS 0183 · uncommon
Cuboid Colony · {G}{U} · Creature — Insect · Flash Flying, trample Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) · Power / toughness: 1/1 · It's chaotic in the midst of the swarm—only when you step back does the pattern emerge.
- Price
- from $0.171 printing
- Win rate
- 56.2% GIH 19,444 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickAn evasive increment threat. Later spells grow it only if their actual mana spending passes the comparison.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 10,935 wins in 19,444 card-in-hand instances.
17,578 distinct games · 6,045 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.
17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
An evasive increment threat. Later spells grow it only if their actual mana spending passes the comparison.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Use land search and growing increment creatures to bridge into larger spells, then keep mana and cards flowing. Look for support such as Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth and Topiary Lecturer.
- What to take next
- Expensive casts can grow Lecturer and increase its future mana output. Tender rewards its own counters with additional Fractals.
- Wrong pick
- Increment compares mana spent with current power or toughness twice. A free spell usually does not grow anything.
- Mana & splash
- Count the colored sources needed to cast this card on time; a synergy payoff is not a reason to weaken an otherwise consistent mana base.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- An evasive increment threat. Later spells grow it only if their actual mana spending passes the comparison.
Draft data
+0.9 pp vs 55.4% average · 19,444 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games
#145 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.5 on average (61,255 packs).
46 of 83 multicolor cards · 20 of 35 multicolor uncommon cards.
14,290 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 56.2% · 7,524 instances
● Drawn later 56.3% · 11,920 instances
In hand 56.2% · 19,444 instances
Unseen in deck 52.0% · 22,713 instances
+4.2 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor cards
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
Quandrix Incremental Value UG58.1%4,972 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.2% · 19,444 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.
Studious First-Year16,945 games with both in the deckEmbrace the Paradox16,742 games with both in the deckPterafractyl16,047 games with both in the deckHow 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 55% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · prerelease-quandrix | $0.17 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.26 |
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-quandrix · 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.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| Play Booster | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional 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
- Alexandre Honoré, SOS 183 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Quandrix Incremental Value cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗