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Encouraging Aviator // Jump SOS 0046 · uncommon

Encouraging Aviator · {2}{U} · Creature — Bird Wizard · Flying Whenever this creature attacks, it becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) · Power / toughness: 2/3 // Jump · {U} · Instant · Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Encouraging Aviator · {2}{U} · Creature — Bird Wizard · Flying Whenever this creature attacks, it becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) · Power / toughness: 2/3

Jump · {U} · Instant · Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Price
from $0.251 printing
Win rate
51.3% GIH 10,599 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 5,433 wins in 10,599 card-in-hand instances.

10,011 distinct games · 3,760 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

51.3%when drawn (GIH)

−4.1 pp vs 55.4% average · 10,599 instances

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

#273 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.5 on average (72,751 packs).

45 of 49 blue cards · 16 of 17 blue uncommon cards.

Taken at pick7.89,322 picks
Makes the deck46.6%9,322 picks with known usage
When played50.4%21,872.5 matchesBenched 54.0%
23,944.5 matches
When drawn51.3%10,599 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 48.3% · 4,083 instances
● Drawn later 53.1% · 6,516 instances

In hand 51.3% · 10,599 instances
Unseen in deck 50.2% · 12,594 instances
+1.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn51.3%10,599 instances45 of 49
Opening hand48.3%4,083 instances42 of 49
Drawn later53.1%6,516 instances44 of 49
In the deck50.8%23,509 instances45 of 49
Without seeing it50.2%12,594 instances38 of 49
Improvement when drawn+1.0 pp10,599 instances / 12,594 instances47 of 49
When benched54.0%23,944.5 matches44 of 49
Makes the deck46.6%9,322 picks with known usage38 of 49
Pick (last seen)5.572,751 packs35 of 49
Taken at7.89,322 picks34 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 UR52.8%3,757 instancesQuandrix Incremental Value UG52.6%1,872 instancesBlue–Black UB58.8%17 instances · under 100White–Blue WU47.8%23 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (51.3% · 10,599 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Expressive Firedancer+6.1 pp4,828 games with both in the deck · 1,207 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 15% 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 0046 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix$0.25
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.28

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-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 9 packs (11.11%) · 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.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional 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
Oriana Menendez, SOS 46 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗