Loan Shark OTJ 0055 · common
Loan Shark · {3}{U} · Creature — Shark Rogue · When this creature enters, if you've cast two or more spells this turn, draw a card. Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} 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: 3/4
- Price
- from $0.181 printing
- Win rate
- 53.8% GIH 94,157 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickCast it as your second spell to draw. A previously plotted copy makes that sequence easier to afford.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 50,659 wins in 94,157 card-in-hand instances.
82,781 distinct games · 27,303 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.
17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Cast it as your second spell to draw. A previously plotted copy makes that sequence easier to afford.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Set up inexpensive or plotted spells, then cast two in one turn to turn tempo into cards and permanent growth. Look for support such as Cunning Coyote and Razzle-Dazzler.
- What to take next
- Cast a previously plotted Coyote for free, then another spell to trigger Kraum without needing a large mana reserve.
- Wrong pick
- Plotting a card is not your first spell. Loan Shark must enter after you have cast at least two spells that turn.
- Mana & splash
- Count the colored sources needed to cast this card on time; a synergy payoff is not a reason to weaken an otherwise consistent mana base.
Support cards
3Interactions from the card text, not a ranking.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Cast it as your second spell to draw. A previously plotted copy makes that sequence easier to afford.
Draft data
−0.3 pp vs 54.1% average · 94,157 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games
#202 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.6 on average (332,297 packs).
23 of 51 blue cards · 5 of 15 blue common cards.
69,534.9 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 51.6% · 35,112 instances
● Drawn later 55.1% · 59,045 instances
In hand 53.8% · 94,157 instances
Unseen in deck 50.6% · 116,622 instances
+3.2 percentage points when drawn
Compared with blue 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
Blue–Black UB55.1%9,581 instancesBlue–Green UG54.1%6,385 instancesWhite–Blue WU53.4%7,572 instancesBlue–Red UR53.4%9,843 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.8% · 94,157 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Duelist of the Mind+5.4 pp20,116 games with both in the deck · 5,158 both drawnTake the Fall+3.2 pp63,067 games with both in the deck · 18,017 both drawnDoc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius+4.1 pp21,045 games with both in the deck · 5,248 both drawnHow 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 42% of 347 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
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 | $0.18 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.18 |
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.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Commons | 100% per position | Commons |
| Play Booster | Common or bonus-sheet replacement | 80% | Common |
| Play Booster | Wildcard of any rarity | 100% | Wildcard of any rarity |
| Play Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| 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
- Wayne Reynolds, OTJ 55 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Blue–Red cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗