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Essence Anchor TDM 0044 · uncommon

Essence Anchor · {2}{U} · Artifact · At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token. Activate only during your turn and only if a card left your graveyard this turn.

Essence Anchor · {2}{U} · Artifact · At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token. Activate only during your turn and only if a card left your graveyard this turn.

Price
from $0.271 printing
Win rate
52.9% GIH 7,401 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 3,917 wins in 7,401 card-in-hand instances.

6,812 distinct games · 2,510 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

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

Draft data

52.9%when drawn (GIH)

−2.1 pp vs 55.0% average · 7,401 instances

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

#194 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.0 on average (84,715 packs).

29 of 34 blue cards · 13 of 13 blue uncommon cards.

Taken at pick9.912,254 picks
Makes the deck25.1%12,254 picks with known usage
When played51.6%15,839.1 matchesBenched 54.5%
46,170.9 matches
When drawn52.9%7,401 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 49.7% · 2,927 instances
● Drawn later 55.0% · 4,474 instances

In hand 52.9% · 7,401 instances
Unseen in deck 50.3% · 9,026 instances
+2.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn52.9%7,401 instances29 of 34
Opening hand49.7%2,927 instances31 of 33
Drawn later55.0%4,474 instances28 of 34
In the deck51.6%16,651 instances31 of 34
Without seeing it50.3%9,026 instances31 of 34
Improvement when drawn+2.6 pp7,401 instances / 9,026 instances22 of 34
When benched54.5%46,170.9 matches19 of 34
Makes the deck25.1%12,254 picks with known usage28 of 34
Pick (last seen)7.084,715 packs27 of 34
Taken at9.912,254 picks26 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

Leaves the Graveyard UG58.4% ◌113 instancesBlue–Black UB38.9%18 instances · under 100Two Spells UR25.0%8 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (52.9% · 7,401 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.

Ainok Wayfarer6,784 games with both in the deckSibsig Appraiser6,770 games with both in the deckChampion of Dusan5,927 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 23% 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 0044 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption · Commander Deck Sultai Arisen · Commander Decks Set of 5$0.27
FoilPlay Booster$0.28

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption · Commander Deck Sultai Arisen · Commander Decks Set of 5. 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
David Astruga, TDM 44 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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