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Pursue the Past SOS 0216 · common

Pursue the Past · {R}{W} · Sorcery · You gain 2 life. You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Flashback {2}{R}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) · "Stones in your path are not obstacles, but discoveries." —Velomachus Lorehold

Pursue the Past · {R}{W} · Sorcery · You gain 2 life. You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Flashback {2}{R}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) · "Stones in your path are not obstacles, but discoveries." —Velomachus Lorehold

Price
from $0.231 printing
Win rate
59.7% GIH 67,506 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 40,287 wins in 67,506 card-in-hand instances.

55,444 distinct games · 17,809 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

59.7%when drawn (GIH)

+4.3 pp vs 55.4% average · 67,506 instances

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

#39 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.9 on average (179,017 packs).

16 of 83 multicolor cards · 1 of 15 multicolor common cards.

Taken at pick7.439,001 picks
Makes the deck65.5%39,001 picks with known usage
When played57.8%142,248.6 matchesBenched 55.7%
63,056.4 matches
When drawn59.7%67,506 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 59.0% · 26,249 instances
● Drawn later 60.1% · 41,257 instances

In hand 59.7% · 67,506 instances
Unseen in deck 56.8% · 83,078 instances
+2.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn59.7%67,506 instances16 of 83
Opening hand59.0%26,249 instances11 of 82
Drawn later60.1%41,257 instances20 of 83
In the deck58.1%151,134 instances7 of 83
Without seeing it56.8%83,078 instances14 of 83
Improvement when drawn+2.9 pp67,506 instances / 83,078 instances44 of 83
When benched55.7%63,056.4 matches12 of 83
Makes the deck65.5%39,001 picks with known usage54 of 83
Pick (last seen)5.9179,017 packs71 of 83
Taken at7.439,001 picks62 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

Lorehold Flashback Excavation RW60.3%41,431 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.7% · 67,506 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.

Wilt in the Heat62,031 games with both in the deckRubble Rouser58,770 games with both in the deckSpirit Mascot55,094 games with both in the deck
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 88% 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 0216 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-lorehold$0.23
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.35

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-lorehold · 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
Craig Elliott, SOS 216 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Lorehold Flashback Excavation cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗