Afterburner Expert
Rare · Creature — Goblin Artificer
8.0Very goodRank 17 of 271
59.1%Rank 35 of 273 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 55.7%
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).
One of the very best rares of the format (8.0/10).
Why. A three-mana 4/2 that grows to 6/4 with its Exhaust, and comes back from the graveyard whenever you activate an Exhaust ability. In a deck with other Exhaust abilities it often returns after dying.
Risks. With no other Exhaust source it almost never returns, and a 4/2 dies to a small blocker. Its own Exhaust can't bring it back, since it is in the graveyard by then.
In the draft. Fine, playable in any green deck but best with other Exhaust cards. A mid-pack pick, nothing more.
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 : +4.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 9 of 60
- Green: rank 4 of 37
- Cost 3: rank 4 of 63
- Average pick: 1.7 (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.
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 copy56.7 % · 43,706 games
- 2 copies60.4 % · 1,710 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.9 % · 12,182 games
- Next two weeks58.2 % · 5,422 games
- After that58.5 % · 2,028 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
- Sabotage Strategist3,578 games · 57.5 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
- Howler's Heavy4,523 games · 57.8 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Adrenaline Jockey2,902 games · 56.3 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
- Gilded Ghoda4,686 games · 57.1 % (instead of 55.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Pactdoll Terror3,150 games · 54.0 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
- Grim Javelineer2,394 games · 53.4 % (instead of 56.3% expected)
- Mutant Surveyor3,672 games · 54.0 % (instead of 56.7% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
6. Lumbering Worldwagon
8.8
19. Thunderous Velocipede
7.9
33. Veteran Beastrider
7.4
67. Regal Imperiosaur
6.6
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.