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The Dawning Archaic SOS 0001 · mythic

The Dawning Archaic · {10} · Legendary Creature — Avatar · This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard. Reach Whenever The Dawning Archaic attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. · Power / toughness: 7/7

The Dawning Archaic · {10} · Legendary Creature — Avatar · This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard. Reach Whenever The Dawning Archaic attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. · Power / toughness: 7/7

Price
from $1.123 printings
Win rate
54.1% GIH 5,016 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 2,715 wins in 5,016 card-in-hand instances.

4,914 distinct games · 1,850 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)

−1.3 pp vs 55.4% average · 5,016 instances

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

#213 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.8 on average (5,334 packs).

9 of 12 colorless cards · 2 of 2 colorless mythic cards.

Taken at pick1.82,335 picks
Makes the deck82.7%2,335 picks with known usage
When played52.2%9,967.3 matchesBenched 54.9%
1,668.7 matches
When drawn54.1%5,016 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 48.0% · 1,659 instances
● Drawn later 57.1% · 3,357 instances

In hand 54.1% · 5,016 instances
Unseen in deck 50.5% · 5,221 instances
+3.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with colorless cards

Win rate when drawn54.1%5,016 instances9 of 12
Opening hand48.0%1,659 instances11 of 12
Drawn later57.1%3,357 instances7 of 12
In the deck52.5%10,458 instances8 of 12
Without seeing it50.5%5,221 instances9 of 12
Improvement when drawn+3.6 pp5,016 instances / 5,221 instances8 of 12
When benched54.9%1,668.7 matches11 of 12
Makes the deck82.7%2,335 picks with known usage2 of 12
Pick (last seen)1.85,334 packs1 of 12
Taken at1.82,335 picks1 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

Quandrix Incremental Value UG56.9% ◌160 instancesPrismari Opus Spellcasting UR56.3%1,009 instancesSilverquill Repartee Aggro WB50.7% ◌221 instancesLorehold Flashback Excavation RW50.6% ◌360 instancesWitherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG47.8% ◌205 instancesRed–Green RG0.0%1 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.1% · 5,016 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.

Essence Scatter3,725 games with both in the deckVisionary's Dance3,564 games with both in the deckTome Blast3,227 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 0001 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$1.12
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$1.19

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 →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-lorehold · Modeled · About 1 in 46 packs (2.17%) · 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 →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 51 packs (1.96%) · 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 →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 49 packs (2.04%) · 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
Josu Solano, SOS 1 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗