Most Valuable Slayer
Common · Creature — Human Warrior
4.6WeakRank 205 of 271
54.7%Rank 149 of 269 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 55.9%
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 more 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.
A solid playable that rarely gets cut (4.6/10).
Why. A 2/4 that, whenever you attack, gives an attacking creature +1/+0 and first strike. In a deck that attacks a lot it wins combats and makes every block awkward for the opponent.
Risks. It is not threatening on its own, and its effect needs at least one attacker: with no attack plan it is just a wall. Four mana is a lot for a 2/4.
In the draft. A passable common for aggressive decks, especially red-white. Take it at a late pick, once your removal and better creatures are secured.
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 57 of 91
- Red: rank 34 of 41
- Cost 4: rank 25 of 41
- Average pick: 7.1 (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 copy54.9 % · 145,143 games
- 2 copies55.1 % · 53,535 games
- 3 copies55.1 % · 8,979 games
- 4 copies or more53.6 % · 1,334 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.2 % · 56,044 games
- Next two weeks54.3 % · 30,905 games
- After that54.7 % · 11,183 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
- Leyline of Resonance224 games · 48.7 % (instead of 44.5% expected)
- Patched Plaything20,249 games · 56.5 % (instead of 55.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Malevolent Chandelier2,820 games · 48.4 % (instead of 52.8% expected)
- Creeping Peeper6,595 games · 48.6 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
- Central Elevator // Promising Stairs1,368 games · 45.9 % (instead of 49.8% expected)
Where it is played
B/R · 75 %G/R · 73 %
Played in 21% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
24. Midnight Mayhem
7.6
88. Enduring Courage
6.2
137. Peer Past the Veil
5.6
186. Ripchain Razorkin
4.9
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.