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Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer SOS 0097 · mythic

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer · {1}{B}{B} · Legendary Planeswalker — Ral · +1: Surveil 2. −1: Any number of target players each discard a card. −2: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. −7: Flip five coins. Target opponent skips their next X turns, where X is the number of coins that came up heads. · Loyalty: 3

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer · {1}{B}{B} · Legendary Planeswalker — Ral · +1: Surveil 2. −1: Any number of target players each discard a card. −2: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. −7: Flip five coins. Target opponent skips their next X turns, where X is the number of coins that came up heads. · Loyalty: 3

Price
from $1.793 printings
Win rate
54.1% GIH 3,833 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 2,075 wins in 3,833 card-in-hand instances.

3,809 distinct games · 1,523 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

54.1%when drawn (GIH)

−1.2 pp vs 55.4% average · 3,833 instances

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

#212 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.7 on average (5,047 packs).

28 of 42 black cards · 4 of 6 black mythic cards.

Taken at pick1.72,155 picks
Makes the deck75.4%2,155 picks with known usage
When played53.2%8,773.1 matchesBenched 54.1%
2,279.9 matches
When drawn54.1%3,833 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 53.6% · 1,568 instances
● Drawn later 54.5% · 2,265 instances

In hand 54.1% · 3,833 instances
Unseen in deck 52.7% · 5,215 instances
+1.5 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn54.1%3,833 instances28 of 42
Opening hand53.6%1,568 instances25 of 42
Drawn later54.5%2,265 instances29 of 42
In the deck53.4%9,140 instances34 of 46
Without seeing it52.7%5,215 instances38 of 44
Improvement when drawn+1.5 pp3,833 instances / 5,215 instances15 of 42
When benched54.1%2,279.9 matches42 of 47
Makes the deck75.4%2,155 picks with known usage17 of 47
Pick (last seen)1.75,047 packs2 of 47
Taken at1.72,155 picks2 of 47

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

Silverquill Repartee Aggro WB56.4%1,517 instancesWitherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG54.7%935 instancesBlue–Black UB50.0%6 instances · under 100Black–Red BR33.3%3 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.1% · 3,833 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.

Last Gasp4,002 games with both in the deckWander Off3,312 games with both in the deckMelancholic Poet3,280 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 34% 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

3 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

SOS 0097 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$2.07
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$2.41

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 1,856 packs (0.05%) · 1.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 143 packs (0.70%) · 18.9% 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 →

Foil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 140 packs (0.71%) · 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 →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-silverquill · Modeled · About 1 in 48 packs (2.08%) · 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 →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 49 packs (2.04%) · 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 BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil rare or mythic14.3%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
Billy Christian, SOS 97 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗