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Blacksnag Buzzard OTJ 0079 · common

Blacksnag Buzzard · {2}{B} · Creature — Bird · Flying This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if a creature died this turn. Plot {1}{B} (You may pay {1}{B} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.) · Power / toughness: 2/1

Blacksnag Buzzard · {2}{B} · Creature — Bird · Flying This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if a creature died this turn. Plot {1}{B} (You may pay {1}{B} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.) · Power / toughness: 2/1

Price
from $0.081 printing
Win rate
50.6% GIH 36,658 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 18,561 wins in 36,658 card-in-hand instances.

34,064 distinct games · 12,434 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

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

Draft data

50.6%when drawn (GIH)

−3.5 pp vs 54.1% average · 36,658 instances

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

#287 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.0 on average (376,539 packs).

43 of 49 black cards · 14 of 15 black common cards.

Taken at pick10.344,884 picks
Makes the deck32.3%44,884 picks with known usage
When played51.3%74,363.9 matchesBenched 54.2%
149,742.1 matches
When drawn50.6%36,658 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 49.4% · 15,124 instances
● Drawn later 51.5% · 21,534 instances

In hand 50.6% · 36,658 instances
Unseen in deck 51.7% · 50,712 instances
−1.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn50.6%36,658 instances43 of 49
Opening hand49.4%15,124 instances39 of 48
Drawn later51.5%21,534 instances43 of 48
In the deck51.2%87,404 instances40 of 49
Without seeing it51.7%50,712 instances26 of 49
Improvement when drawn−1.0 pp36,658 instances / 50,712 instances46 of 49
When benched54.2%149,742.1 matches22 of 49
Makes the deck32.3%44,884 picks with known usage39 of 49
Pick (last seen)7.0376,539 packs44 of 49
Taken at10.344,884 picks44 of 49

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–Black WB54.1%3,971 instancesBlack–Green BG53.1%5,473 instancesBlue–Black UB52.1%2,900 instancesBlack–Red BR49.5%4,287 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (50.6% · 36,658 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Irascible Wolverine+6.1 pp6,014 games with both in the deck · 1,225 both drawnMetamorphic Blast+7.8 pp3,009 games with both in the deck · 700 both drawnDiscerning Peddler+5.2 pp6,369 games with both in the deck · 1,350 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 17% 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

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

OTJ 0079 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$0.08
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.13

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.40%) · 41.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 138 packs (0.72%) · 23.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 13 packs (7.91%) · 94.9% 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 BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or bonus-sheet replacement80%Common
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons

Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction ↗ · 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
Michele Giorgi, OTJ 79 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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