Reptilian Recruiter
Uncommon · Creature — Lizard Warrior
5.2PlayableRank 161 of 261
53.3%Rank 209 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 solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.2/10).
Why. A 4/2 trampler for five mana whose arrival steals a creature with power 2 or less for the turn, or any creature if you control another Lizard. It sets up a big attack.
Risks. Five mana for two toughness is fragile and costly. The steal only lasts a turn and can't take big creatures without another Lizard.
In the draft. A niche finisher for an aggressive black-red deck. Don't take it high.
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 : -0.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 72 of 100
- Red: rank 22 of 41
- Cost 5: rank 14 of 26
- Average pick: 8.0 (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 copy53.9 % · 34,163 games
- 2 copies52.9 % · 5,054 games
- 3 copies52.7 % · 264 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks53.5 % · 10,379 games
- Next two weeks54.0 % · 3,813 games
- After that51.1 % · 1,551 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
- Festival of Embers172 games · 50.0 % (instead of 47.2% expected)
- Iridescent Vinelasher4,023 games · 57.3 % (instead of 54.5% expected)
- Darkstar Augur2,219 games · 58.1 % (instead of 55.8% expected)
- Cruelclaw's Heist1,150 games · 53.5 % (instead of 51.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Bakersbane Duo3,258 games · 50.4 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
- Stormsplitter165 games · 42.4 % (instead of 46.1% expected)
- Short Bow2,562 games · 48.8 % (instead of 52.2% expected)
Where it is played
B/R · 36 %
Played in 4.3% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
11. Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
8.4
118. Season of the Bold
5.8
131. Quaketusk Boar
5.6
181. Alania, Divergent Storm
4.8
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.