Swiftwing Assailant
Common · Creature — Bird Warrior
3.2WeakRank 246 of 271
53.3%Rank 203 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).
Filler card but sometimes gets cut (3.2/10).
Why. A 3/3 flyer for four, a solid body for the price. At max speed it gets +0/+1 and vigilance, so it attacks and still stays back to block.
Risks. It has no game-changing ability. Max speed needs the opponent to lose life on several of your turns.
In the draft. A decent white playable, taken late. It fills out the curve of an aerial 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.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -0.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 77 of 91
- White: rank 32 of 37
- Cost 4: rank 35 of 41
- Average pick: 10.7 (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 copy53.2 % · 37,862 games
- 2 copies54.0 % · 8,665 games
- 3 copies53.0 % · 856 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks53.2 % · 13,401 games
- Next two weeks52.8 % · 5,873 games
- After that53.8 % · 2,661 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
- Hellish Sideswipe2,930 games · 56.4 % (instead of 52.5% expected)
- Streaking Oilgorger5,916 games · 55.8 % (instead of 52.1% expected)
- Risky Shortcut4,725 games · 55.9 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
- Grim Javelineer5,625 games · 55.6 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Skystreak Engineer2,682 games · 48.8 % (instead of 53.1% expected)
- Nimble Thopterist2,738 games · 48.7 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
- Hulldrifter2,485 games · 48.7 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 44 %G/W · 29 %
Played in 5.7% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
5. Brightglass Gearhulk
8.9
18. Caradora, Heart of Alacria
7.9
185. Guidelight Synergist
5.0
197. Tune Up
4.8
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.