Pyroclasm
Uncommon · Sorcery
5.6PlayableRank 138 of 271
52.4%Rank 223 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 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 (5.6/10).
Why. A two-mana sweeper dealing 2 damage to each creature. It wipes out small creatures, which is excellent against a deck that goes wide with little bodies.
Risks. It hits your own creatures too, and it kills nothing with more than two toughness. In a deck of average-sized creatures it hurts you as much as your opponent.
In the draft. Take it if you are building a deck of high-toughness creatures or a control deck. Otherwise it is a sideboard card: do not take it over real removal.
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 : +2.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 60 of 100
- Red: rank 24 of 41
- Cost 2: rank 44 of 66
- Average pick: 8.4 (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 copy51.1 % · 27,514 games
- 2 copies50.1 % · 3,559 games
- 3 copies49.6 % · 282 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks51.8 % · 8,893 games
- Next two weeks54.0 % · 4,062 games
- After that51.7 % · 1,281 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
- Central Elevator // Promising Stairs2,441 games · 50.8 % (instead of 45.8% expected)
- Winter, Misanthropic Guide651 games · 49.6 % (instead of 44.6% expected)
- Peer Past the Veil1,771 games · 53.9 % (instead of 49.7% expected)
- Thornspire Verge1,854 games · 54.4 % (instead of 50.6% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Grand Entryway // Elegant Rotunda1,608 games · 45.7 % (instead of 51.2% expected)
- Abandoned Campground1,704 games · 47.8 % (instead of 51.0% expected)
- Razorkin Needlehead1,916 games · 48.3 % (instead of 51.4% expected)
Where it is played
R/U · 26 %
Played in 3.3% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
23. Fear of Missing Out
7.6
26. Arabella, Abandoned Doll
7.5
28. Chainsaw
7.4
29. Disturbing Mirth
7.4
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.