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Gurmag Rakshasa TDM 0081 · uncommon

Gurmag Rakshasa · {4}{B}{B} · Creature — Demon · Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn and target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. · Power / toughness: 5/5 · "It's a pity to hoard life essence in a form so weak. Give it to me."

Gurmag Rakshasa · {4}{B}{B} · Creature — Demon · Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn and target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. · Power / toughness: 5/5 · "It's a pity to hoard life essence in a form so weak. Give it to me."

Price
from $0.121 printing
Win rate
55.2% GIH 11,289 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,227 wins in 11,289 card-in-hand instances.

10,864 distinct games · 4,222 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

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

Play

Entry shrinks an opposing creature and boosts yours, so it can remove a small threat or change an attack immediately. Six mana needs a deck that can defend first.

More

One-pick Draft
Entry shrinks an opposing creature and boosts yours, so it can remove a small threat or change an attack immediately. Six mana needs a deck that can defend first.
Sealed vs Draft
Entry shrinks an opposing creature and boosts yours, so it can remove a small threat or change an attack immediately. Six mana needs a deck that can defend first.

Draft data

55.2%when drawn (GIH)

+0.1 pp vs 55.0% average · 11,289 instances

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

#143 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.4 on average (73,181 packs).

10 of 33 black cards · 4 of 13 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick7.79,580 picks
Makes the deck50.3%9,580 picks with known usage
When played54.4%25,958.4 matchesBenched 53.6%
22,718.6 matches
When drawn55.2%11,289 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 52.2% · 4,526 instances
● Drawn later 57.1% · 6,763 instances

In hand 55.2% · 11,289 instances
Unseen in deck 54.3% · 16,372 instances
+0.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn55.2%11,289 instances10 of 33
Opening hand52.2%4,526 instances17 of 33
Drawn later57.1%6,763 instances5 of 33
In the deck54.7%27,772 instances6 of 33
Without seeing it54.3%16,372 instances2 of 33
Improvement when drawn+0.9 pp11,289 instances / 16,372 instances15 of 33
When benched53.6%22,718.6 matches31 of 34
Makes the deck50.3%9,580 picks with known usage19 of 34
Pick (last seen)5.473,181 packs17 of 34
Taken at7.79,580 picks16 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 BG61.9% ◌252 instancesSacrifice WB52.2% ◌274 instancesBlack–Red BR55.6%27 instances · under 100Blue–Black UB41.8%55 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.2% · 11,289 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.

Caustic Exhale12,446 games with both in the deckDragon's Prey11,157 games with both in the deckAbzan Devotee8,054 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 43% 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 0081 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.12
FoilPlay Booster$0.24

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
Johan Grenier, TDM 81 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗