Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall SOS 0045 · mythic
Emeritus of Ideation · {3}{U}{U} · Creature — Human Wizard · Flying, ward {2} This creature enters prepared. Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared. · Power / toughness: 5/5
Ancestral Recall · {U} · Instant · Target player draws three cards.
- Price
- from $5.884 printings
- Win rate
- 65.4% GIH 7,394 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands - Draft
- ★ Bomb
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 4,837 wins in 7,394 card-in-hand instances.
7,247 distinct games · 2,491 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.
17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Play
More
- Bombs
- A protected flyer with a prepared draw-three spell. Leave one blue mana available for Ancestral Recall after deploying it if possible.
Draft data
+10.0 pp vs 55.4% average · 7,394 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games
#3 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.4 on average (4,026 packs).
1 of 49 blue cards · 1 of 9 blue mythic cards.
1,699 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 61.8% · 2,622 instances
● Drawn later 67.4% · 4,772 instances
In hand 65.4% · 7,394 instances
Unseen in deck 50.5% · 7,428 instances
+14.9 percentage points when drawn
Compared with blue 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 UG68.3%559 instancesPrismari Opus Spellcasting UR66.0%1,730 instancesBlue–Black UB61.5%13 instances · under 100White–Blue WU50.0%12 instances · under 100Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (65.4% · 7,394 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 Scatter6,633 games with both in the deckRun Behind6,045 games with both in the deckVisionary's Dance5,348 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 99% 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-prismari · prerelease-quandrix | $5.88 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom | $6.89 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · 8.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 1,591 packs (0.06%) · 1.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 123 packs (0.81%) · 21.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-lorehold · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 51 packs (1.96%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 49 packs (2.04%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-silverquill · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · 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 | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Rare or mythic rare | 100% | Rare or mythic rare |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil rare or mythic | 14.3% | Mythic rare |
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
- Evyn Fong, SOS 45 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗