Sinister Monolith
Uncommon · Artifact
4.1WeakRank 223 of 261
51.3%Rank 247 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 (4.1/10).
Why. A four-mana artifact that drains 1 life at the beginning of combat on your turn. You can sacrifice it to draw two cards by paying 2 life, only at sorcery speed.
Risks. Slow, with no board impact: it doesn't protect you from creatures. A wasted investment if you fall behind.
In the draft. Weak, except in a black control deck. Take it late.
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 : -1.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 95 of 100
- Black: rank 35 of 40
- Cost 4: rank 30 of 38
- Average pick: 7.4 (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 copy52.5 % · 36,402 games
- 2 copies49.5 % · 3,471 games
- 3 copies51.2 % · 215 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks51.6 % · 11,100 games
- Next two weeks51.2 % · 4,094 games
- After that52.1 % · 1,524 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
- Starfall Invocation2,793 games · 56.0 % (instead of 52.1% expected)
- Beza, the Bounding Spring1,159 games · 58.2 % (instead of 54.7% expected)
- Dawn's Truce433 games · 50.6 % (instead of 47.9% expected)
- Kindlespark Duo3,228 games · 50.4 % (instead of 48.6% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Three Tree Rootweaver2,532 games · 49.2 % (instead of 52.0% expected)
- Scavenger's Talent2,242 games · 49.4 % (instead of 51.9% expected)
- Bonecache Overseer2,875 games · 50.5 % (instead of 52.8% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 29 %
Played in 4.5% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
55. Vren, the Relentless
6.8
62. Downwind Ambusher
6.6
111. Hazel's Nocturne
5.8
120. Wick, the Whorled Mind
5.8
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.