Bristling Backwoods OTJ 0253 · common
Bristling Backwoods · Land — Desert · This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. · "The cacti have it right. Always carry water." —Pioneer journal of Big Ralph
- Price
- from $0.281 printing
- Win rate
- 55.1% GIH 71,247 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 39,262 wins in 71,247 card-in-hand instances.
69,187 distinct games · 25,922 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.
17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
+1.0 pp vs 54.1% average · 71,247 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games
Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 4.6 on average (171,066 packs).
9 of 30 land cards.
30,677.2 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 16–May 27, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 57.4% · 32,581 instances
● Drawn later 53.2% · 38,666 instances
In hand 55.1% · 71,247 instances
Unseen in deck 54.4% · 100,270 instances
+0.8 percentage points when drawn
Compared with land cards
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
Black–Green BG58.9%1,991 instancesBlue–Green UG57.9% ◌432 instancesGreen–White GW57.2%1,449 instancesRed–White RW56.9% ◌325 instancesRed–Green RG56.7%5,676 instancesBlack–Red BR55.4%1,321 instancesBlue–Red UR49.5% ◌275 instancesWhite–Blue WU100.0%2 instances · under 100Blue–Black UB53.7%41 instances · under 100White–Black WB33.3%9 instances · under 100Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.1% · 71,247 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
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster · Commander Deck Desert Bloom · Commander Deck Display · Commander Deck Set of 4 · Deluxe Commander Kit - Desert Bloom | $0.28 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.33 |
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 100 packs (1.00%) · 30.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 25 packs (4.00%) · 77.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Land | 80% | Land · nonfoil |
| Play Booster | Land | 20% | Land · foil |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil commons | 100% per position | Traditional 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
- Viko Menezes, OTJ 253 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗