Huskburster Swarm
Uncommon · Creature — Elemental Insect
3.8WeakRank 233 of 261
53.7%Rank 195 of 265 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.0%
How are these measures computed?
Pick rating. The pick rating estimates what a card is worth when you choose it, before there are results: it combines several signals (expert evaluations, the choices of strong players, characteristics of the card such as its cost and rarity) and was tuned on the results of decks of strong players. It is for comparing cards while you draft.
Observed strength. The observed strength is the win rate of the games in which the card was in hand at some point (opening hand or drawn), from hundreds of thousands of real games of online draft players since the set came out. The rank compares the cards seen in at least 1,000 games. It does not correct for the strength of the deck the card is played in, and a result stays uncertain for a card that is played little (about 1.6 points of margin at 1,000 games).
A good playable, but is sometimes cut (3.8/10).
Why. A 6/6 with menace and deathtouch. Its cost drops by one mana for each creature card you own in exile and in your graveyard: late in the game it becomes cheap.
Risks. It costs eight mana to start and is unplayable early. It needs a graveyard full of creatures.
In the draft. A finisher for black decks that fill their graveyard. Outside that plan, pass.
Win rate of the card
Percentage of games won by the decks that play this card, depending on when it shows up, from the real games of the set.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +1.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 96 of 100
- Black: rank 37 of 40
- Cost 8: rank 1 of 1
- Average pick: 6.2 (1 = taken first from a pack; the lower the number, the earlier players choose it)
Win rate by colour pair
Percentage of games won by the decks of each pair that play the card, with the number of games. The pairs are the two main colors of the deck: when the card has a color outside the pair, the deck plays it as a splash (marked “splash”). A pair that has an archetype in this set leads to its guide.
Win rate: strong players and all players
Percentage of games won when the card is in hand; strong players are those ranked diamond or mythic online.
Win rate on the play and on the draw
Win rate by number of copies in the deck
- 1 copy53.3 % · 54,623 games
- 2 copies52.6 % · 5,868 games
- 3 copies52.5 % · 373 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks54.1 % · 16,452 games
- Next two weeks54.1 % · 6,662 games
- After that52.7 % · 2,643 games
Win rate alongside other cards
Win rate of the decks that play both cards, compared with the one you would expect from what each card gets alone. At least 150 games together.
Cards it wins more with
- Wear Down256 games · 53.5 % (instead of 46.7% expected)
- Keen-Eyed Curator2,879 games · 57.3 % (instead of 54.2% expected)
- Heaped Harvest12,656 games · 53.3 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
- Curious Forager10,015 games · 55.7 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Fireglass Mentor4,501 games · 51.4 % (instead of 54.8% expected)
- Reptilian Recruiter2,088 games · 49.2 % (instead of 52.4% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 30 %
Played in 6.7% of the decks of the set
Intrinsic ratings: they do not take into account the cards you have already picked. They matter most for the first pick of the first pack.