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Unrooted Ancestor TDM 0096 · uncommon

Unrooted Ancestor · {2}{B} · Creature — Spirit Cleric · Flash {1}, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) · Power / toughness: 3/2 · Abzan spirits bereft of a Kin-Tree are condemned to a restless existence. Absent the purpose of family connection, many grow angry and violent.

Unrooted Ancestor · {2}{B} · Creature — Spirit Cleric · Flash {1}, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) · Power / toughness: 3/2 · Abzan spirits bereft of a Kin-Tree are condemned to a restless existence. Absent the purpose of family connection, many grow angry and violent.

Price
from $0.091 printing
Win rate
49.6% GIH 5,944 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 2,949 wins in 5,944 card-in-hand instances.

5,741 distinct games · 2,334 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

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

Draft data

49.6%when drawn (GIH)

−5.4 pp vs 55.0% average · 5,944 instances

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

#245 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.3 on average (82,550 packs).

32 of 33 black cards · 12 of 13 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick9.48,519 picks
Makes the deck31.6%8,519 picks with known usage
When played51.2%13,891.5 matchesBenched 54.3%
29,153.5 matches
When drawn49.6%5,944 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 50.3% · 2,553 instances
● Drawn later 49.1% · 3,391 instances

In hand 49.6% · 5,944 instances
Unseen in deck 52.7% · 8,895 instances
−3.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn49.6%5,944 instances32 of 33
Opening hand50.3%2,553 instances25 of 33
Drawn later49.1%3,391 instances33 of 33
In the deck51.4%14,844 instances31 of 33
Without seeing it52.7%8,895 instances28 of 33
Improvement when drawn−3.1 pp5,944 instances / 8,895 instances32 of 33
When benched54.3%29,153.5 matches18 of 34
Makes the deck31.6%8,519 picks with known usage26 of 34
Pick (last seen)6.382,550 packs24 of 34
Taken at9.48,519 picks24 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

Sacrifice WB53.2% ◌231 instancesCounters BG52.3%86 instances · under 100Blue–Black UB50.0%2 instances · under 100Black–Red BR39.1%23 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (49.6% · 5,944 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 Exhale6,043 games with both in the deckDragon's Prey5,506 games with both in the deckAbzan Devotee4,672 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 3% 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 →

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Prices

TDM 0096 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.09
FoilPlay Booster$0.23

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
Elizabeth Peiró, TDM 96 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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