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Arid Archway OTJ 0252 · uncommon

Arid Archway · Land — Desert · This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Arid Archway · Land — Desert · This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Price
from $1.061 printing
Win rate
51.2% GIH 34,839 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 17,844 wins in 34,839 card-in-hand instances.

34,127 distinct games · 13,498 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

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

Draft data

51.2%when drawn (GIH)

−2.9 pp vs 54.1% average · 34,839 instances

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

Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 6.2 on average (149,673 packs).

28 of 30 land cards.

Taken at pick8.723,620 picks
Makes the deck60.1%23,620 picks with known usage
When played53.7%75,419.6 matchesBenched 54.5%
44,698.4 matches
When drawn51.2%34,839 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 50.1% · 14,623 instances
● Drawn later 52.0% · 20,216 instances

In hand 51.2% · 34,839 instances
Unseen in deck 54.7% · 50,375 instances
−3.5 percentage points when drawn

Compared with land cards

Win rate when drawn51.2%34,839 instances28 of 30
Opening hand50.1%14,623 instances28 of 30
Drawn later52.0%20,216 instances24 of 30
In the deck53.6%87,717 instances18 of 30
Without seeing it54.7%50,375 instances5 of 30
Improvement when drawn−3.5 pp34,839 instances / 50,375 instances29 of 30
When benched54.5%44,698.4 matches16 of 30
Makes the deck60.1%23,620 picks with known usage20 of 30
Pick (last seen)6.2149,673 packs22 of 30
Taken at8.723,620 picks21 of 30

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

Red–White RW55.3%756 instancesBlack–Green BG54.4%2,645 instancesGreen–White GW53.6%3,122 instancesWhite–Black WB53.5%1,018 instancesRed–Green RG51.7%1,459 instancesBlack–Red BR51.4%1,143 instancesBlue–Red UR51.2%1,015 instancesBlue–Black UB50.9%1,329 instancesWhite–Blue WU50.7%939 instancesBlue–Green UG50.7%908 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (51.2% · 34,839 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Card partners need a verified analysis of this format’s public game file.

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

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

OTJ 0252 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$1.06
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$1.88

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 33 packs (3.00%) · 30.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 309 packs (0.32%) · 11.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 31 packs (3.25%) · 69.6% 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 BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

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
Raymond Bonilla, OTJ 252 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗