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Disdainful Stroke SOA 0017 · uncommon

Disdainful Stroke · {1}{U} · Instant · Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater. · "The clever mage knows that it does not take strength to overcome the enemy, but creativity and intelligence." —*Forces of Negation: A Study in Countermagic*

Disdainful Stroke · {1}{U} · Instant · Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater. · "The clever mage knows that it does not take strength to overcome the enemy, but creativity and intelligence." —*Forces of Negation: A Study in Countermagic*

Price
from $0.253 printings
Win rate
57.5% GIH 26,048 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 14,985 wins in 26,048 card-in-hand instances.

25,718 distinct games · 9,349 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

57.5%when drawn (GIH)

+2.1 pp vs 55.4% average · 26,048 instances

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

#103 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.9 on average (66,580 packs).

17 of 49 blue cards · 6 of 17 blue uncommon cards.

Taken at pick6.413,318 picks
Makes the deck67.8%13,318 picks with known usage
When played54.4%48,037.7 matchesBenched 55.4%
19,965.3 matches
When drawn57.5%26,048 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 54.0% · 9,545 instances
● Drawn later 59.6% · 16,503 instances

In hand 57.5% · 26,048 instances
Unseen in deck 51.7% · 27,712 instances
+5.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn57.5%26,048 instances17 of 49
Opening hand54.0%9,545 instances15 of 49
Drawn later59.6%16,503 instances17 of 49
In the deck54.8%55,191 instances16 of 49
Without seeing it51.7%27,712 instances15 of 49
Improvement when drawn+5.8 pp26,048 instances / 27,712 instances15 of 49
When benched55.4%19,965.3 matches8 of 49
Makes the deck67.8%13,318 picks with known usage24 of 49
Pick (last seen)4.966,580 packs24 of 49
Taken at6.413,318 picks22 of 49

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

Prismari Opus Spellcasting UR56.3%5,714 instancesQuandrix Incremental Value UG53.2%1,656 instancesBlue–Black UB46.2%13 instances · under 100White–Blue WU44.4%9 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.5% · 26,048 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.

Essence Scatter27,065 games with both in the deckRun Behind23,356 games with both in the deckVisionary's Dance23,032 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 68% 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

3 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

SOA 0017 · Mystical Archive · BorderlessListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.25
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.36

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.53%) · 26.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.53%) · 26.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 894 packs (0.11%) · 3.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 29 packs (3.50%) · 65.6% 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 BoosterMystical Archive87.5%Mystical Archive uncommon
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterMystical Archive uncommonsRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedMystical Archive · nonfoil
Collector BoosterMystical Archive uncommonsRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedMystical Archive · foil

Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · 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
Matthew G. Lewis, SOA 17 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Mystical Archive · Borderless printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗