Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
Rare · Legendary Creature — Bird Bard
6.7GoodRank 58 of 264
58.4%Rank 60 of 264 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).
A very good rare of the format (6.7/10).
Why. A two-mana hybrid 1/1 with flying, first strike and lifelink. When it enters, another creature loses all abilities, then gets flying, first strike and lifelink counters: a way to turn a big vanilla creature into a real threat.
Risks. The 1/1 is very fragile, and the effect can strip a useful ability from the targeted creature. It needs a good target.
In the draft. A fair pick for white or black decks with big creatures. It finds a home in several archetypes.
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 : +5.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 29 of 61
- Multicolour: rank 20 of 49
- Cost 2: rank 15 of 72
- Average pick: 1.7 (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.
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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 copy55.9 % · 25,178 games
- 2 copies58.0 % · 469 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.4 % · 7,482 games
- Next two weeks57.8 % · 2,453 games
- After that57.8 % · 952 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
- Perfect Intimidation263 games · 53.6 % (instead of 49.7% expected)
- Formidable Speaker1,209 games · 60.5 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
- Bristlebane Battler1,239 games · 61.3 % (instead of 57.9% expected)
- Chomping Changeling1,285 games · 56.1 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Unexpected Assistance3,573 games · 53.2 % (instead of 56.2% expected)
- Rimekin Recluse1,550 games · 55.2 % (instead of 57.9% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
24. Deepchannel Duelist
7.6
33. Bitterbloom Bearer
7.4
40. Boggart Cursecrafter
7.0
44. Eclipsed Kithkin
7.0
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.