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Alchemist's Assistant TDM 0071 · uncommon

Alchemist's Assistant · {1}{B} · Creature — Monkey · Lifelink Renew — {1}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a lifelink counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery. · Power / toughness: 2/1 · "Do not test the mandrill. He knows a thief when he sees one." —Notice posted at Lu Fen's apothecary

Alchemist's Assistant · {1}{B} · Creature — Monkey · Lifelink Renew — {1}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a lifelink counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery. · Power / toughness: 2/1 · "Do not test the mandrill. He knows a thief when he sees one." —Notice posted at Lu Fen's apothecary

Price
from $0.251 printing
Win rate
53.9% GIH 15,531 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 8,372 wins in 15,531 card-in-hand instances.

14,867 distinct games · 5,772 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

53.9%when drawn (GIH)

−1.1 pp vs 55.0% average · 15,531 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

#178 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.2 on average (62,342 packs).

15 of 33 black cards · 7 of 13 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick6.08,685 picks
Makes the deck77.4%8,685 picks with known usage
When played53.6%35,658.6 matchesBenched 53.2%
8,327.4 matches
When drawn53.9%15,531 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 54.5% · 6,890 instances
● Drawn later 53.5% · 8,641 instances

In hand 53.9% · 15,531 instances
Unseen in deck 53.8% · 22,554 instances
+0.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn53.9%15,531 instances15 of 33
Opening hand54.5%6,890 instances7 of 33
Drawn later53.5%8,641 instances18 of 33
In the deck53.8%38,149 instances13 of 33
Without seeing it53.8%22,554 instances8 of 33
Improvement when drawn+0.2 pp15,531 instances / 22,554 instances17 of 33
When benched53.2%8,327.4 matches33 of 34
Makes the deck77.4%8,685 picks with known usage10 of 34
Pick (last seen)4.262,342 packs12 of 34
Taken at6.08,685 picks12 of 34

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

Counters BG55.9% ◌474 instancesSacrifice WB53.6% ◌321 instancesBlue–Black UB62.8%43 instances · under 100Black–Red BR61.9%63 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.9% · 15,531 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Aggressive Negotiations+5.4 pp6,326 games with both in the deck · 1,308 both drawn
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 29% of 252 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TDM 0071 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.25
FoilPlay Booster$0.28

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · 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
Eelis Kyttanen, TDM 71 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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