Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier OTJ 0235 · uncommon
Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier · {B}{R} · Legendary Creature — Goblin Mercenary · Whenever another outlaw you control enters, Vial Smasher deals 1 damage to target opponent. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.) · Power / toughness: 3/2 · It wasn't quite home, but the fire still burned bright and the bombs still went boom.
- Price
- from $0.161 printing
- Win rate
- 53.9% GIH 29,772 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands - Draft
- ◆ Key pickDeploy outlaws and Mercenary tokens, then use damage and death rewards to make blocking increasingly costly.
- Job
- Payoffs
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 16,045 wins in 29,772 card-in-hand instances.
27,411 distinct games · 9,702 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.
17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Deploy outlaws and Mercenary tokens, then use damage and death rewards to make blocking increasingly costly. Both the Plant Mercenary and its Mercenary token enter as outlaws, producing separate Vial Smasher triggers.
How this changes your picks
Rules-derived- Take it when
- Deploy outlaws and Mercenary tokens, then use damage and death rewards to make blocking increasingly costly. Look for support such as Rakish Crew and Prickly Pair.
- What to take next
- Both the Plant Mercenary and its Mercenary token enter as outlaws, producing separate Vial Smasher triggers.
- Wrong pick
- Shoot the Sheriff cannot destroy an outlaw. Check types before relying on it to clear the opponent’s best blocker.
- 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
- Deploy outlaws and Mercenary tokens, then use damage and death rewards to make blocking increasingly costly. Both the Plant Mercenary and its Mercenary token enter as outlaws, producing separate Vial Smasher triggers.
Draft data
−0.2 pp vs 54.1% average · 29,772 instances
Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games
#199 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.5 on average (105,119 packs).
50 of 82 multicolor cards · 19 of 30 multicolor uncommon cards.
26,513 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 55.6% · 12,399 instances
● Drawn later 52.7% · 17,373 instances
In hand 53.9% · 29,772 instances
Unseen in deck 50.4% · 42,487 instances
+3.5 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
Black–Red BR56.4%11,255 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.9% · 29,772 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
At Knifepoint+3.9 pp19,860 games with both in the deck · 4,141 both drawnMarchesa, Dealer of Death+6.3 pp5,733 games with both in the deck · 1,177 both drawnVault Plunderer+2.7 pp26,528 games with both in the deck · 6,268 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 43% 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 | $0.16 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · Play Booster | $0.35 |
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
- Borja Pindado, OTJ 235 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Black–Red cards → · Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗