Wick's Patrol

Uncommon · Creature — Rat Warlock

Pick rating

6.6GoodRank 68 of 261

Observed strength

60.3%Rank 29 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 uncommon of the format (6.6/10).

Why. A six-mana 5/3 that mills three cards then gives -X/-X to an opposing creature, X being the greatest mana value in your graveyard. Removal and a body in one card.

Risks. It costs two black mana and six in total. X depends on what you mill: if the graveyard holds only cheap cards or lands, X stays low.

In the draft. A very good black uncommon to take fairly high. Ideal as a top-end in a midrange 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 game60.3 %(set average : 56.0 %)
Card in the opening hand57.8 %(set average : 55.0 %)
Card drawn during the game61.9 %(set average : 56.6 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +6.3 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)87.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Uncommon: rank 16 of 100
  • Black: rank 13 of 40
  • Cost 6: rank 3 of 8
  • Average pick: 3.7 (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.

48,819 games57.3 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
27,108 games56.1 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
21,539 games55.5 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
18,122 games56.5 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
3,326 games55.3 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
1,437 games52.3 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
869 games56.8 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)
555 games50.3 %(all pairs : 56.4 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand57.9 %· 12,848 games
All players, card in hand60.1 %· 55,473 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)59.1 %(set average : 58.0 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.8 %(set average : 51.2 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy56.1 % · 102,709 games
  • 2 copies57.9 % · 19,090 games
  • 3 copies60.2 % · 1,561 games
  • 4 copies or more70.0 % · 100 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks60.6 % · 33,787 games
  • Next two weeks59.0 % · 15,010 games
  • After that60.0 % · 6,676 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

Cards it wins less with

Where it is played

B/U · 42 %B/G · 38 %

Played in 13% of the decks of the set

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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.