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Focus the Mind TDM 0045 · common

Focus the Mind · {4}{U} · Instant · This spell costs {2} less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn. Draw three cards, then discard a card. · Asham discovered it was impossible to learn if he thought he already knew everything.

Focus the Mind · {4}{U} · Instant · This spell costs {2} less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn. Draw three cards, then discard a card. · Asham discovered it was impossible to learn if he thought he already knew everything.

Price
from $0.251 printing
Win rate
55.5% GIH 56,369 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 31,289 wins in 56,369 card-in-hand instances.

51,791 distinct games · 18,936 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

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

Play

Cast another useful spell first to reduce this to three mana. Drawing three and discarding one can set up renew or harmonize without abandoning your current board.

More

One-pick Draft
Cast another useful spell first to reduce this to three mana. Drawing three and discarding one can set up renew or harmonize without abandoning your current board.
Sealed vs Draft
Cast another useful spell first to reduce this to three mana. Drawing three and discarding one can set up renew or harmonize without abandoning your current board.

Draft data

55.5%when drawn (GIH)

+0.5 pp vs 55.0% average · 56,369 instances

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

#127 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.3 on average (206,721 packs).

21 of 34 blue cards · 7 of 14 blue common cards.

Taken at pick8.736,578 picks
Makes the deck61.3%36,578 picks with known usage
When played53.6%118,390.1 matchesBenched 55.3%
67,916.9 matches
When drawn55.5%56,369 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 52.0% · 20,970 instances
● Drawn later 57.6% · 35,399 instances

In hand 55.5% · 56,369 instances
Unseen in deck 52.6% · 67,870 instances
+2.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn55.5%56,369 instances21 of 34
Opening hand52.0%20,970 instances24 of 33
Drawn later57.6%35,399 instances20 of 34
In the deck54.0%125,573 instances20 of 34
Without seeing it52.6%67,870 instances20 of 34
Improvement when drawn+2.9 pp56,369 instances / 67,870 instances20 of 34
When benched55.3%67,916.9 matches4 of 34
Makes the deck61.3%36,578 picks with known usage19 of 34
Pick (last seen)6.3206,721 packs22 of 34
Taken at8.736,578 picks22 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

White–Blue WU60.6% ◌170 instancesLeaves the Graveyard UG58.0% ◌305 instancesTwo Spells UR53.0% ◌368 instancesBlue–Black UB40.6%64 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.5% · 56,369 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Temur Battlecrier+6.5 pp7,480 games with both in the deck · 1,789 both drawnSunset Strikemaster+4.8 pp13,784 games with both in the deck · 3,458 both drawnEncroaching Dragonstorm+5.3 pp8,439 games with both in the deck · 1,976 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 50% 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 0045 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.28
FoilPlay Booster$0.25

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
Fariba Khamseh, TDM 45 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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