Ashling's Command
Rare · Kindred Instant — Elemental
9.0BombRank 4 of 264
66.1%Rank 2 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).
One of the 10 best cards of the set (9.0/10).
Why. An instant with two modes out of four: 2 damage to each creature a player controls, two cards drawn, two Treasure tokens, or a copy of an Elemental you control. Well picked, the two modes make it a two-for-one, a small sweeper and card draw in one.
Risks. Five mana for an effect that is often modest. The copy mode needs an Elemental of yours, and 2 damage only hits small creatures.
In the draft. A bomb for a blue-red deck, take it very early. The more Elementals you play, the more the copy mode matters, but the spell stands alone thanks to the draw and the sweep.
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 : +14.8 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 1 of 61
- Multicolour: rank 3 of 49
- Cost 5: rank 3 of 32
- Average pick: 2.5 (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 copy58.5 % · 27,327 games
- 2 copies64.8 % · 1,701 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks66.4 % · 9,004 games
- Next two weeks67.3 % · 3,263 games
- After that66.6 % · 1,277 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
- Springleaf Drum659 games · 59.3 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
- Shimmercreep2,271 games · 60.5 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Wistfulness1,012 games · 64.0 % (instead of 60.0% expected)
- Kirol, Attentive First-Year1,474 games · 60.5 % (instead of 56.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Eclipsed Merrow1,689 games · 57.5 % (instead of 62.1% expected)
- Wanderwine Farewell1,698 games · 55.9 % (instead of 60.3% expected)
- Silvergill Peddler2,847 games · 55.8 % (instead of 59.5% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
1. Wistfulness
9.4
2. Vibrance
9.3
5. Soul Immolation
8.9
7. Grub's Command
8.7
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.