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Pitiless Carnage OTJ 0098 · rare

Pitiless Carnage · {3}{B} · Sorcery · Sacrifice any number of permanents you control, then draw that many cards. Plot {1}{B}{B} (You may pay {1}{B}{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.) · Akul saw his Hellspur followers as little more than ammunition to be expended.

Pitiless Carnage · {3}{B} · Sorcery · Sacrifice any number of permanents you control, then draw that many cards. Plot {1}{B}{B} (You may pay {1}{B}{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.) · Akul saw his Hellspur followers as little more than ammunition to be expended.

Price
from $0.324 printings
Win rate
44.9% GIH 893 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 401 wins in 893 card-in-hand instances.

889 distinct games · 390 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

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

Draft data

44.9%when drawn (GIH)

−9.2 pp vs 54.1% average · 893 instances

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

#337 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.1 on average (66,063 packs).

48 of 49 black cards · 9 of 10 black rare cards.

Taken at pick9.57,831 picks
Makes the deck4.8%7,831 picks with known usage
When played46.4%1,850.2 matchesBenched 54.0%
37,488.8 matches
When drawn44.9%893 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 40.9% · 345 instances
● Drawn later 47.4% · 548 instances

In hand 44.9% · 893 instances
Unseen in deck 47.7% · 1,245 instances
−2.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn44.9%893 instances48 of 49
Opening hand40.9%345 instances48 of 48
Drawn later47.4%548 instances48 of 48
In the deck46.5%2,141 instances48 of 49
Without seeing it47.7%1,245 instances47 of 49
Improvement when drawn−2.8 pp893 instances / 1,245 instances48 of 49
When benched54.0%37,488.8 matches31 of 49
Makes the deck4.8%7,831 picks with known usage48 of 49
Pick (last seen)6.166,063 packs39 of 49
Taken at9.57,831 picks41 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 WB51.2% ◌125 instancesBlack–Red BR44.7% ◌179 instancesBlack–Green BG51.5%99 instances · under 100Blue–Black UB44.9%49 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (44.9% · 893 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.

Nezumi Linkbreaker899 games with both in the deckConsuming Ashes865 games with both in the deckVault Plunderer844 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 3% 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 0098 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$0.32
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.37

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
Richard Kane Ferguson, OTJ 98 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗