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Rancorous Archaic SOS 0002 · common

Rancorous Archaic · {5} · Creature — Avatar · Reach, trample Converge — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it. · Power / toughness: 2/2 · As the giant shadow loomed, the Forum of Amity fell silent for the first time in its history.

Rancorous Archaic · {5} · Creature — Avatar · Reach, trample Converge — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it. · Power / toughness: 2/2 · As the giant shadow loomed, the Forum of Amity fell silent for the first time in its history.

Price
from $0.121 printing
Win rate
54.2% GIH 20,383 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,053 wins in 20,383 card-in-hand instances.

18,444 distinct games · 6,547 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

54.2%when drawn (GIH)

−1.2 pp vs 55.4% average · 20,383 instances

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

#209 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.4 on average (210,822 packs).

8 of 12 colorless cards · 3 of 5 colorless common cards.

Taken at pick10.628,276 picks
Makes the deck28.2%28,276 picks with known usage
When played51.7%41,104.4 matchesBenched 54.9%
102,325.6 matches
When drawn54.2%20,383 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 49.3% · 7,108 instances
● Drawn later 56.9% · 13,275 instances

In hand 54.2% · 20,383 instances
Unseen in deck 49.4% · 22,340 instances
+4.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with colorless cards

Win rate when drawn54.2%20,383 instances8 of 12
Opening hand49.3%7,108 instances9 of 12
Drawn later56.9%13,275 instances8 of 12
In the deck51.8%43,197 instances11 of 12
Without seeing it49.4%22,340 instances11 of 12
Improvement when drawn+4.8 pp20,383 instances / 22,340 instances5 of 12
When benched54.9%102,325.6 matches10 of 12
Makes the deck28.2%28,276 picks with known usage9 of 12
Pick (last seen)7.4210,822 packs9 of 12
Taken at10.628,276 picks9 of 12

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 RW54.3% ◌223 instancesSilverquill Repartee Aggro WB52.8% ◌176 instancesQuandrix Incremental Value UG50.8% ◌307 instancesPrismari Opus Spellcasting UR49.5% ◌214 instancesWitherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG47.5% ◌303 instancesBlack–Red BR50.0%4 instances · under 100Red–Green RG20.0%5 instances · under 100Blue–Black UB16.7%6 instances · under 100Green–White GW0.0%1 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.2% · 20,383 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Landscape Painter+7.7 pp5,590 games with both in the deck · 1,492 both drawnUnsubtle Mockery+4.9 pp7,690 games with both in the deck · 2,163 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 35% 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 0002 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$0.12
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.14

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 →

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 →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-silverquill · Modeled · About 1 in 4 packs (26.47%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · 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
Loïc Canavaggia, SOS 2 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗