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Zaffai and the Tempests SOS 0246 · rare

Zaffai and the Tempests · {5}{U}{R} · Legendary Creature — Human Bard Sorcerer · Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. · Power / toughness: 5/7 · "Leave everything on the stage and give them a performance they'll never forget."

Zaffai and the Tempests · {5}{U}{R} · Legendary Creature — Human Bard Sorcerer · Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. · Power / toughness: 5/7 · "Leave everything on the stage and give them a performance they'll never forget."

Price
from $0.233 printings
Win rate
52.5% GIH 5,062 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 2,659 wins in 5,062 card-in-hand instances.

4,970 distinct games · 1,905 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

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

Draft data

52.5%when drawn (GIH)

−2.9 pp vs 55.4% average · 5,062 instances

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

#252 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.5 on average (30,182 packs).

70 of 83 multicolor cards · 20 of 26 multicolor rare cards.

Taken at pick6.34,724 picks
Makes the deck41.9%4,724 picks with known usage
When played50.9%10,161 matchesBenched 55.4%
13,341 matches
When drawn52.5%5,062 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 47.0% · 1,720 instances
● Drawn later 55.4% · 3,342 instances

In hand 52.5% · 5,062 instances
Unseen in deck 48.3% · 5,181 instances
+4.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn52.5%5,062 instances70 of 83
Opening hand47.0%1,720 instances77 of 82
Drawn later55.4%3,342 instances58 of 83
In the deck50.7%10,459 instances73 of 83
Without seeing it48.3%5,181 instances80 of 83
Improvement when drawn+4.3 pp5,062 instances / 5,181 instances31 of 83
When benched55.4%13,341 matches18 of 83
Makes the deck41.9%4,724 picks with known usage70 of 83
Pick (last seen)4.530,182 packs47 of 83
Taken at6.34,724 picks50 of 83

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 UR49.1%1,834 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.5% · 5,062 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 Dance5,639 games with both in the deckEssence Scatter4,596 games with both in the deckRun Behind4,264 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 21% 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 0246 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-prismari$0.23
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster · prerelease-lorehold · prerelease-prismari · prerelease-quandrix · prerelease-silverquill · prerelease-witherbloom$0.32

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.

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 mythic85.7%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
Olivier Bernard, SOS 246 · 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 ↗