Valgavoth's Lair
Rare · Enchantment Land
5.2PlayableRank 170 of 271
53.5%Rank 192 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).
A solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.2/10).
Why. A utility land: it enters tapped, you choose a color, and it taps for that color. It has hexproof and counts as an enchantment, so it turns on Eerie when it arrives.
Risks. It always enters tapped and makes only one color, chosen once: it is not a real dual land. Hexproof does not save it from enchantment removal that does not target it.
In the draft. A fine last slot in an Eerie deck, otherwise just another land. Do not take it over real playables.
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
- Rare: rank 41 of 60
- Colourless: rank 13 of 30
- Cost 0: rank 6 of 17
- Average pick: 4.2 (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 copy53.7 % · 41,801 games
- 2 copies50.4 % · 1,083 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks53.1 % · 9,873 games
- Next two weeks54.0 % · 6,407 games
- After that52.6 % · 2,242 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
- Grievous Wound224 games · 46.0 % (instead of 43.1% expected)
- Let's Play a Game2,064 games · 54.5 % (instead of 52.0% expected)
- Live or Die3,737 games · 54.0 % (instead of 51.6% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Arabella, Abandoned Doll2,198 games · 53.6 % (instead of 56.2% expected)
- Hushwood Verge927 games · 49.1 % (instead of 51.3% expected)
- Grab the Prize2,172 games · 50.4 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
99. Floodfarm Verge
6.0
112. Blazemire Verge
5.8
115. Gloomlake Verge
5.8
116. Hushwood Verge
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.