The Mindskinner
Rare · Legendary Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
6.4GoodRank 81 of 271
55.8%Rank 108 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.4/10).
Why. A 10/1 for three blue mana, unblockable, that turns all damage you deal to the opponent into milling that many cards. One attack mills ten: a library win within a few turns.
Risks. One toughness, and three blue mana up front. Your damage no longer kills the opponent: if the mill plan is stopped, you have no other way to win.
In the draft. Take it only in a heavy blue deck with ways to protect it. Otherwise it stays a gamble.
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 : +4.0 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 27 of 60
- Blue: rank 11 of 41
- Cost 3: rank 22 of 57
- Average pick: 4.4 (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 copy53.3 % · 24,069 games
- 2 copies54.1 % · 2,250 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.7 % · 6,248 games
- Next two weeks55.6 % · 4,335 games
- After that56.0 % · 1,381 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
- Niko, Light of Hope1,306 games · 58.7 % (instead of 54.0% expected)
- Malevolent Chandelier1,559 games · 54.0 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
- Ghostly Dancers1,479 games · 59.0 % (instead of 56.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Ticket Booth // Tunnel of Hate1,606 games · 48.0 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
- Glassworks // Shattered Yard2,452 games · 50.0 % (instead of 53.9% expected)
- Enter the Enigma1,824 games · 46.1 % (instead of 49.5% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
9. Abhorrent Oculus
8.6
21. Entity Tracker
7.7
32. Unnerving Grasp
7.4
33. Zimone, All-Questioning
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.