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Embrace the Paradox SOS 0186 · common

Embrace the Paradox · {3}{G}{U} · Instant · Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. · "Every lecture you attended—every theorem you memorized and equation you solved—has led to this first step into uncertainty." —Professor Deekah

Embrace the Paradox · {3}{G}{U} · Instant · Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. · "Every lecture you attended—every theorem you memorized and equation you solved—has led to this first step into uncertainty." —Professor Deekah

Price
from $0.221 printing
Win rate
56.5% GIH 44,555 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 25,163 wins in 44,555 card-in-hand instances.

41,175 distinct games · 14,699 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

56.5%when drawn (GIH)

+1.1 pp vs 55.4% average · 44,555 instances

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

#132 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.2 on average (189,354 packs).

42 of 83 multicolor cards · 8 of 15 multicolor common cards.

Taken at pick8.629,983 picks
Makes the deck58.4%29,983 picks with known usage
When played53.9%93,126.2 matchesBenched 54.8%
60,510.8 matches
When drawn56.5%44,555 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 52.2% · 16,175 instances
● Drawn later 58.9% · 28,380 instances

In hand 56.5% · 44,555 instances
Unseen in deck 51.5% · 50,999 instances
+5.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn56.5%44,555 instances42 of 83
Opening hand52.2%16,175 instances59 of 82
Drawn later58.9%28,380 instances29 of 83
In the deck54.0%97,252 instances53 of 83
Without seeing it51.5%50,999 instances55 of 83
Improvement when drawn+5.0 pp44,555 instances / 50,999 instances26 of 83
When benched54.8%60,510.8 matches46 of 83
Makes the deck58.4%29,983 picks with known usage59 of 83
Pick (last seen)6.2189,354 packs74 of 83
Taken at8.629,983 picks71 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

Quandrix Incremental Value UG54.7%4,784 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.5% · 44,555 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Hydro-Channeler+4.1 pp25,386 games with both in the deck · 6,963 both drawnShared Roots+4.2 pp16,861 games with both in the deck · 4,162 both drawnResonating Lute+5.7 pp5,908 games with both in the deck · 1,558 both drawn
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 59% 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 0186 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-quandrix$0.22
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.25

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 22 packs (4.65%) · 43.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 149 packs (0.67%) · 18.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 13 packs (7.83%) · 91.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 4 packs (26.47%) · 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 bonus-sheet replacement98.1818%Common
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

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
Julian Kok Joon Wen, SOS 186 · 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 ↗