Culling the Weak SOA 0027 · rare
Culling the Weak · {B} · Instant · As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add {B}{B}{B}{B}. · "Great power awaits those who can stomach its cost." —*The Season of Loss,* chapter one
- Price
- from $9.873 printings
- Win rate
- ◌ Under 100 instances79 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 34 wins in 79 card-in-hand instances.
78 distinct games · 37 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.
17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
79 instances so far
Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games
Below the 100-observation ranking minimum · last seen around pick 5.9 on average (8,388 packs).
4,165 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 42.5% · 40 instances
● Drawn later 43.6% · 39 instances
In hand 43.0% · 79 instances
Unseen in deck 52.5% · 118 instances
−9.5 percentage points when drawn
Compared with black 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
Silverquill Repartee Aggro WB53.8%13 instances · under 100Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG51.3%39 instances · under 100Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (43.0% · 79 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
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 | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $9.87 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $14.76 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 98 packs (1.03%) · 11.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 98 packs (1.03%) · 11.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 8,047 packs (0.01%) · 0.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 258 packs (0.39%) · 11.0% per display · 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 | Mystical Archive | 9.6% | Mystical Archive rare |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Mystical Archive rare or mythic | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Mystical Archive · nonfoil |
| Collector Booster | Mystical Archive rare or mythic | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Mystical Archive · traditional foil |
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Historic · Timeless · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Aitor Sebastián, SOA 27 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Mystical Archive · Borderless printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗