Traumatic Critique SOS 0239 · rare
Traumatic Critique · {X}{U}{R} · Instant · Traumatic Critique deals X damage to any target. Draw two cards, then discard a card. · "The *artist* should suffer for their craft, not the audience!" —Galazeth Prismari
- Price
- from $0.593 printings
- Win rate
- 60.9% GIH 17,204 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 10,470 wins in 17,204 card-in-hand instances.
16,695 distinct games · 5,780 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.
17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
+5.5 pp vs 55.4% average · 17,204 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games
#20 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.1 on average (12,530 packs).
8 of 83 multicolor cards · 6 of 26 multicolor rare cards.
3,851.3 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 57.0% · 6,179 instances
● Drawn later 63.0% · 11,025 instances
In hand 60.9% · 17,204 instances
Unseen in deck 51.2% · 17,154 instances
+9.7 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor cards
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
Prismari Opus Spellcasting UR59.7%4,520 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (60.9% · 17,204 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.
Visionary's Dance14,885 games with both in the deckEssence Scatter14,445 games with both in the deckPotioner's Trove13,208 games with both in the deckHow 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 94% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · prerelease-prismari | $0.75 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom | $0.80 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 795 packs (0.13%) · 3.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 57 packs (1.75%) · 41.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-lorehold · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a prerelease-prismari · Modeled · About 1 in 26 packs (3.92%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-quandrix · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-silverquill · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Rare or mythic rare | 100% | Rare or mythic rare |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil rare or mythic | 85.7% | 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
- Aaron Miller, SOS 239 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Prismari Opus Spellcasting cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗