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Hydro-Channeler SOS 0054 · common

Hydro-Channeler · {1}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Wizard · {T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell. · Power / toughness: 1/3 · Only when they can defy the laws of nature can a Quandrix student claim to have mastered a spell.

Hydro-Channeler · {1}{U} · Creature — Merfolk Wizard · {T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell. · Power / toughness: 1/3 · Only when they can defy the laws of nature can a Quandrix student claim to have mastered a spell.

Price
from $0.231 printing
Win rate
55.1% GIH 54,382 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 29,944 wins in 54,382 card-in-hand instances.

48,630 distinct games · 16,446 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

55.1%when drawn (GIH)

−0.3 pp vs 55.4% average · 54,382 instances

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

#185 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.8 on average (182,861 packs).

29 of 49 blue cards · 5 of 12 blue common cards.

Taken at pick8.129,899 picks
Makes the deck70.6%29,899 picks with known usage
When played53.4%110,811.5 matchesBenched 54.8%
40,123.5 matches
When drawn55.1%54,382 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 54.4% · 20,955 instances
● Drawn later 55.5% · 33,427 instances

In hand 55.1% · 54,382 instances
Unseen in deck 52.3% · 60,994 instances
+2.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn55.1%54,382 instances29 of 49
Opening hand54.4%20,955 instances12 of 49
Drawn later55.5%33,427 instances37 of 49
In the deck53.6%116,776 instances27 of 49
Without seeing it52.3%60,994 instances6 of 49
Improvement when drawn+2.8 pp54,382 instances / 60,994 instances38 of 49
When benched54.8%40,123.5 matches20 of 49
Makes the deck70.6%29,899 picks with known usage18 of 49
Pick (last seen)5.8182,861 packs36 of 49
Taken at8.129,899 picks36 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 UR53.8%12,847 instancesQuandrix Incremental Value UG53.2%2,807 instancesBlue–Black UB52.9%17 instances · under 100White–Blue WU20.0%10 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 54,382 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Proctor's Gaze+5.1 pp16,888 games with both in the deck · 4,594 both drawnEmbrace the Paradox+4.1 pp25,386 games with both in the deck · 6,963 both drawnParadox Surveyor+4.2 pp13,366 games with both in the deck · 3,646 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 42% 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 0054 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix$0.23
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.26

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-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 4 packs (26.47%) · 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
Mila Pesic, SOS 54 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗