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Sneering Shadewriter SOS 0101 · common

Sneering Shadewriter · {4}{B} · Creature — Vampire Warlock · Flying When this creature enters, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. · Power / toughness: 3/3 · "The whole display was uninspired and derivative, and left me wondering: what was the point?" — *Strixhaven Star* gallery show review

Sneering Shadewriter · {4}{B} · Creature — Vampire Warlock · Flying When this creature enters, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. · Power / toughness: 3/3 · "The whole display was uninspired and derivative, and left me wondering: what was the point?" — *Strixhaven Star* gallery show review

Price
from $0.131 printing
Win rate
53.1% GIH 21,461 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 11,403 wins in 21,461 card-in-hand instances.

20,120 distinct games · 7,661 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

53.1%when drawn (GIH)

−2.2 pp vs 55.4% average · 21,461 instances

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

#239 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.7 on average (199,064 packs).

30 of 42 black cards · 9 of 12 black common cards.

Taken at pick9.822,972 picks
Makes the deck39.9%22,972 picks with known usage
When played53.3%49,013.7 matchesBenched 55.5%
70,058.3 matches
When drawn53.1%21,461 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 51.1% · 8,512 instances
● Drawn later 54.5% · 12,949 instances

In hand 53.1% · 21,461 instances
Unseen in deck 54.3% · 29,428 instances
−1.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn53.1%21,461 instances30 of 42
Opening hand51.1%8,512 instances32 of 42
Drawn later54.5%12,949 instances30 of 42
In the deck53.9%51,312 instances28 of 46
Without seeing it54.3%29,428 instances25 of 44
Improvement when drawn−1.2 pp21,461 instances / 29,428 instances31 of 42
When benched55.5%70,058.3 matches14 of 47
Makes the deck39.9%22,972 picks with known usage35 of 47
Pick (last seen)6.7199,064 packs42 of 47
Taken at9.822,972 picks40 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 WB55.2%7,082 instancesWitherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG53.6%7,833 instancesBlue–Black UB50.0%12 instances · under 100Black–Red BR35.3%17 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.1% · 21,461 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 Gasp21,021 games with both in the deckWander Off17,823 games with both in the deckMelancholic Poet17,529 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 25% 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 0101 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$0.13
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.20

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-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
Mila Pesic, SOS 101 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗