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Ral, Crackling Wit

Mythic · Legendary Planeswalker — Ral

Pick rating

6.6GoodRank 63 of 261

Observed strength

59.5%Rank 36 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 very good mythic of the format (6.6/10).

Why. A planeswalker that makes a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess every turn and gains a loyalty counter whenever you cast a noncreature spell. It can also draw three cards and discard two, for filtering.

Risks. It is gold, blue-red, and needs creatures to protect it. Without noncreature spells it builds up slowly.

In the draft. Take it in a blue-red deck with many instants and sorceries. Less strong in a creature deck.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game59.5 %(set average : 56.0 %)

Card in the opening hand58.6 %(set average : 55.0 %)

Card drawn during the game60.1 %(set average : 56.6 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +11.1 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)70.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

Mythic: rank 13 of 20
Multicolour: rank 17 of 39
Cost 4: rank 8 of 38
Average pick: 2.2 (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.