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Essenceknit Scholar SOS 0187 · uncommon

Essenceknit Scholar · {B}{B/G}{G} · Creature — Dryad Warlock · When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life." At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, draw a card. · Power / toughness: 3/1 · "Life and death is a complex pattern that needs careful stitching."

Essenceknit Scholar · {B}{B/G}{G} · Creature — Dryad Warlock · When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life." At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, draw a card. · Power / toughness: 3/1 · "Life and death is a complex pattern that needs careful stitching."

Price
from $0.271 printing
Win rate
58.5% GIH 18,860 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,030 wins in 18,860 card-in-hand instances.

17,131 distinct games · 6,059 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

58.5%when drawn (GIH)

+3.1 pp vs 55.4% average · 18,860 instances

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

#69 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.6 on average (48,803 packs).

23 of 83 multicolor cards · 11 of 35 multicolor uncommon cards.

Taken at pick4.410,169 picks
Makes the deck76.2%10,169 picks with known usage
When played55.2%42,381.2 matchesBenched 54.8%
10,488.8 matches
When drawn58.5%18,860 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 59.2% · 7,657 instances
● Drawn later 58.0% · 11,203 instances

In hand 58.5% · 18,860 instances
Unseen in deck 53.5% · 24,856 instances
+5.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn58.5%18,860 instances23 of 83
Opening hand59.2%7,657 instances10 of 82
Drawn later58.0%11,203 instances37 of 83
In the deck55.7%44,357 instances31 of 83
Without seeing it53.5%24,856 instances32 of 83
Improvement when drawn+5.0 pp18,860 instances / 24,856 instances25 of 83
When benched54.8%10,488.8 matches45 of 83
Makes the deck76.2%10,169 picks with known usage25 of 83
Pick (last seen)3.648,803 packs24 of 83
Taken at4.410,169 picks27 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

Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG60.8%10,418 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.5% · 18,860 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Cauldron of Essence+5.5 pp5,836 games with both in the deck · 1,230 both drawnWander Off+3.5 pp13,638 games with both in the deck · 3,255 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 79% 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 0187 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-witherbloom$0.27
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.29

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-witherbloom · 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
Ioannis Fiore, SOS 187 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗