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Archmage's Newt OTJ 0039 · rare

Archmage's Newt · {1}{U} · Creature — Salamander Mount · Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. That card gains flashback {0} until end of turn instead if this creature is saddled. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) Saddle 3 · Power / toughness: 2/2

Archmage's Newt · {1}{U} · Creature — Salamander Mount · Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. That card gains flashback {0} until end of turn instead if this creature is saddled. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) Saddle 3 · Power / toughness: 2/2

Price
from $0.184 printings
Win rate
51.8% GIH 12,396 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,427 wins in 12,396 card-in-hand instances.

12,030 distinct games · 4,462 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

51.8%when drawn (GIH)

−2.3 pp vs 54.1% average · 12,396 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games

#266 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.9 on average (42,505 packs).

33 of 51 blue cards · 6 of 10 blue rare cards.

Taken at pick5.27,348 picks
Makes the deck64.0%7,348 picks with known usage
When played50.8%24,012.7 matchesBenched 52.8%
11,970.3 matches
When drawn51.8%12,396 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 16–May 27, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 52.3% · 4,904 instances
● Drawn later 51.6% · 7,492 instances

In hand 51.8% · 12,396 instances
Unseen in deck 50.1% · 15,659 instances
+1.7 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn51.8%12,396 instances33 of 51
Opening hand52.3%4,904 instances17 of 50
Drawn later51.6%7,492 instances39 of 51
In the deck50.9%28,186 instances30 of 51
Without seeing it50.1%15,659 instances17 of 51
Improvement when drawn+1.7 pp12,396 instances / 15,659 instances42 of 51
When benched52.8%11,970.3 matches50 of 51
Makes the deck64.0%7,348 picks with known usage22 of 51
Pick (last seen)3.942,505 packs14 of 51
Taken at5.27,348 picks16 of 51

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

Blue–Black UB52.6%1,362 instancesWhite–Blue WU52.0%845 instancesBlue–Green UG51.8%718 instancesBlue–Red UR50.6%1,599 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (51.8% · 12,396 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.

Phantom Interference11,258 games with both in the deckLoan Shark11,045 games with both in the deckTake the Fall10,242 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 347 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 16–May 27, 2024

Collect

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

OTJ 0039 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$0.18
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.35

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 85 packs (1.18%) · 13.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 787 packs (0.13%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 65 packs (1.55%) · 42.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil OTJ or BIG rare or mythic100%Traditional foil OTJ or BIG rare or mythic

Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction ↗ · 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
Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo, OTJ 39 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗