Defend the Rider
Uncommon · Instant
6.0PlayableRank 100 of 271
55.6%Rank 117 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. A one-mana green instant with two modes: give a permanent hexproof and indestructible until end of turn, or create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token. It either protects a good permanent or supplies a crew member.
Risks. The first mode needs a good permanent to protect, and the Pilot token is a small body. It does not answer opposing threats.
In the draft. A support card, to take late for a green deck with Vehicles or good creatures. Do not prefer it to a removal spell or a good creature.
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 : +0.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 34 of 100
- Green: rank 17 of 37
- Cost 1: rank 18 of 29
- Average pick: 5.8 (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 copy55.5 % · 72,697 games
- 2 copies56.2 % · 4,834 games
- 3 copies52.2 % · 157 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.8 % · 20,446 games
- Next two weeks55.3 % · 8,805 games
- After that56.1 % · 3,443 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
- Spell Pierce426 games · 55.2 % (instead of 50.2% expected)
- Gastal Blockbuster2,818 games · 54.7 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Pactdoll Terror4,644 games · 51.6 % (instead of 55.7% expected)
- Mimeoplasm, Revered One1,054 games · 49.2 % (instead of 51.8% expected)
- Foul Roads3,309 games · 53.6 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
Where it is played
G/W · 26 %
Played in 9.0% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
22. District Mascot
7.6
76. Plow Through
6.4
83. Stampeding Scurryfoot
6.3
93. Molt Tender
6.2
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.