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Topiary Lecturer SOS 0165 · uncommon

Topiary Lecturer · {2}{G} · Creature — Elf Druid · Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {T}: Add an amount of {G} equal to this creature's power. · Power / toughness: 1/2 · "Before we can understand nature, we must learn to nurture it."

Topiary Lecturer · {2}{G} · Creature — Elf Druid · Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {T}: Add an amount of {G} equal to this creature's power. · Power / toughness: 1/2 · "Before we can understand nature, we must learn to nurture it."

Price
from $0.281 printing
Win rate
55.1% GIH 15,496 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 8,539 wins in 15,496 card-in-hand instances.

14,761 distinct games · 5,491 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Play

Increment increases both its size and how much green mana its tap ability produces.

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One-pick Draft
Increment increases both its size and how much green mana its tap ability produces.

Draft data

55.1%when drawn (GIH)

−0.3 pp vs 55.4% average · 15,496 instances

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

#184 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.3 on average (60,626 packs).

19 of 45 green cards · 9 of 17 green uncommon cards.

Taken at pick6.09,243 picks
Makes the deck68.8%9,243 picks with known usage
When played52.7%33,261 matchesBenched 53.8%
13,109 matches
When drawn55.1%15,496 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 54.8% · 6,346 instances
● Drawn later 55.3% · 9,150 instances

In hand 55.1% · 15,496 instances
Unseen in deck 51.1% · 19,008 instances
+4.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with green cards

Win rate when drawn55.1%15,496 instances19 of 45
Opening hand54.8%6,346 instances16 of 42
Drawn later55.3%9,150 instances20 of 43
In the deck52.9%34,908 instances23 of 46
Without seeing it51.1%19,008 instances32 of 46
Improvement when drawn+4.0 pp15,496 instances / 19,008 instances17 of 45
When benched53.8%13,109 matches41 of 46
Makes the deck68.8%9,243 picks with known usage17 of 46
Pick (last seen)4.360,626 packs18 of 46
Taken at6.09,243 picks18 of 46

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 UG58.2%2,804 instancesWitherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG50.8%1,700 instancesGreen–White GW50.0%12 instances · under 100Red–Green RG50.0%4 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 15,496 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.

Studious First-Year14,563 games with both in the deckNoxious Newt14,025 games with both in the deckEmbrace the Paradox12,232 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 43% 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 0165 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-witherbloom$0.28
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.35

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 33 packs (3.00%) · 30.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 298 packs (0.34%) · 9.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.38%) · 64.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 9 packs (11.11%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 9 packs (11.11%) · 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 BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

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
Josiah "Jo" Cameron, SOS 165 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗