Intimidation Tactics
Uncommon · Sorcery
6.2GoodRank 92 of 271
55.0%Rank 150 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).
It wins less than its rating suggests.
Why this gap?
The pick rating is a prior: it is for choosing a card before there are results. The observed strength comes from real games, and the win rate of a card is stable from one week to the next. The gap often comes from a card that is easy to replace at the pick but very efficient once played, from a good archetype that carries it, or from a flaw of our rating: in a set that already has many games, the results are more reliable than the rating.
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.2/10).
Why. A one-mana black sorcery that shows your opponent's hand and exiles an artifact or creature card of your choice. You remove their best threat before it lands, and Cycling keeps it from being a dead card.
Risks. It can only take artifacts and creatures, and does nothing about what is already in play. Late in the game the opposing hand is often empty.
In the draft. A fair card for a black deck, to take late in the pack. Stronger early, while your opponent still has creatures in hand.
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 : +0.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 29 of 100
- Black: rank 11 of 37
- Cost 1: rank 14 of 29
- Average pick: 7.7 (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 copy54.8 % · 47,515 games
- 2 copies54.8 % · 3,712 games
- 3 copies50.0 % · 120 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.8 % · 13,572 games
- Next two weeks54.2 % · 6,814 games
- After that53.3 % · 2,311 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
- Ketramose, the New Dawn283 games · 56.5 % (instead of 48.8% expected)
- Avishkar Raceway5,060 games · 55.2 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Thornwood Falls2,923 games · 53.2 % (instead of 55.7% expected)
- Skystreak Engineer5,030 games · 52.2 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
- Howler's Heavy3,275 games · 51.6 % (instead of 54.0% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
45. Gas Guzzler
7.0
90. Grim Bauble
6.2
97. Locust Spray
6.1
119. Engine Rat
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.