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Dirgur Island Dragon // Skimming Strike TDM 0040 · common

Dirgur Island Dragon · {5}{U} · Creature — Dragon · Flying Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) · Power / toughness: 4/4 // Skimming Strike · {1}{U} · Instant — Omen · Tap up to one target creature. Draw a card. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)

Dirgur Island Dragon · {5}{U} · Creature — Dragon · Flying Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) · Power / toughness: 4/4

Skimming Strike · {1}{U} · Instant — Omen · Tap up to one target creature. Draw a card. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)

Price
from $0.182 printings
Win rate
56.1% GIH 77,213 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 43,290 wins in 77,213 card-in-hand instances.

61,442 distinct games · 20,700 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

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

Play

Skimming Strike taps up to one creature and draws, then shuffles the card back. You may choose no target to ensure the draw cannot be stopped by removing a targeted creature. The separate six-mana Dragon is a warded flyer.

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One-pick Draft
Skimming Strike taps up to one creature and draws, then shuffles the card back. You may choose no target to ensure the draw cannot be stopped by removing a targeted creature. The separate six-mana Dragon is a warded flyer.
Sealed vs Draft
Skimming Strike taps up to one creature and draws, then shuffles the card back. You may choose no target to ensure the draw cannot be stopped by removing a targeted creature. The separate six-mana Dragon is a warded flyer.

Draft data

56.1%when drawn (GIH)

+1.0 pp vs 55.0% average · 77,213 instances

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

#114 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.7 on average (170,305 packs).

19 of 34 blue cards · 6 of 14 blue common cards.

Taken at pick6.630,982 picks
Makes the deck84.6%30,982 picks with known usage
When played53.8%138,340.5 matchesBenched 55.9%
18,763.5 matches
When drawn56.1%77,213 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 51.4% · 25,938 instances
● Drawn later 58.4% · 51,275 instances

In hand 56.1% · 77,213 instances
Unseen in deck 52.5% · 75,202 instances
+3.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn56.1%77,213 instances19 of 34
Opening hand51.4%25,938 instances26 of 33
Drawn later58.4%51,275 instances16 of 34
In the deck54.2%147,570 instances19 of 34
Without seeing it52.5%75,202 instances21 of 34
Improvement when drawn+3.6 pp77,213 instances / 75,202 instances14 of 34
When benched55.9%18,763.5 matches1 of 34
Makes the deck84.6%30,982 picks with known usage10 of 34
Pick (last seen)4.7170,305 packs14 of 34
Taken at6.630,982 picks17 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

Two Spells UR63.3% ◌455 instancesWhite–Blue WU62.4% ◌210 instancesLeaves the Graveyard UG56.4% ◌461 instancesBlue–Black UB42.6%54 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.1% · 77,213 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Dragonstorm Globe+3.1 pp43,915 games with both in the deck · 12,030 both drawnRoiling Dragonstorm+2.6 pp30,722 games with both in the deck · 8,626 both drawnJeskai Shrinekeeper+3.2 pp18,882 games with both in the deck · 4,942 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 55% 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

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TDM 0040 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.18
FoilPlay Booster$0.30

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 · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Daniel Ljunggren, TDM 40 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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