Ruthless Lawbringer OTJ 0229 · uncommon
Ruthless Lawbringer · {1}{W}{B} · Creature — Vampire Assassin · When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, destroy target nonland permanent. · Power / toughness: 3/2 · There's only one law that truly matters to the Sterling Company: never stand in the way of profit.
- Price
- from $0.242 printings
- Win rate
- 58.1% GIH 45,370 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickDevelop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 26,367 wins in 45,370 card-in-hand instances.
41,368 distinct games · 13,966 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.
17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied. Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied. Look for support such as Prosperity Tycoon and Lassoed by the Law.
- What to take next
- Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.
- Wrong pick
- Lawbringer cannot sacrifice itself for its enter ability. Have another creature available before counting it as removal.
- 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
- Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied. Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.
Draft data
+4.0 pp vs 54.1% average · 45,370 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games
#54 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.7 on average (113,495 packs).
19 of 82 multicolor cards · 4 of 30 multicolor uncommon cards.
37,003.2 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 55.9% · 17,955 instances
● Drawn later 59.6% · 27,415 instances
In hand 58.1% · 45,370 instances
Unseen in deck 53.5% · 62,840 instances
+4.6 percentage points when drawn
Compared with multicolor 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
White–Black WB61.9%11,042 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.1% · 45,370 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Nezumi Linkbreaker+6.9 pp27,513 games with both in the deck · 6,918 both drawnForsaken Miner+7.5 pp12,221 games with both in the deck · 2,704 both drawnOutlaw Medic+5.1 pp26,550 games with both in the deck · 6,900 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 85% 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 | $0.24 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.38 |
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.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Uncommons | 100% per position | Uncommons |
| 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 uncommons | 100% per position | Traditional 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
- Joshua Raphael, OTJ 229 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- White–Black cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗