Bristlebane Battler
Rare · Creature — Kithkin Soldier
7.7Very goodRank 21 of 264
59.8%Rank 42 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 very best rares of the format (7.7/10).
Why. For two mana, a 6/6 trampler with ward 2 that enters with five -1/-1 counters, so a 1/1. Every other creature you play removes a counter. After a few creatures it is a huge attacker that resists removal.
Risks. Early on it is a 1/1 doing little against a faster opponent. It needs several creatures to grow large.
In the draft. Very good in a green deck with many creatures and a smooth curve, take it early. Poor in a deck that plays few creatures.
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 : +6.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 11 of 61
- Green: rank 2 of 40
- Cost 2: rank 2 of 72
- Average pick: 2.1 (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 copy57.0 % · 22,657 games
- 2 copies58.0 % · 951 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.6 % · 7,060 games
- Next two weeks59.2 % · 2,189 games
- After that59.0 % · 780 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
- Winnowing631 games · 60.4 % (instead of 55.1% expected)
- Abigale, Eloquent First-Year1,239 games · 61.3 % (instead of 57.9% expected)
- Morningtide's Light384 games · 58.9 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
- Evershrike's Gift1,677 games · 59.0 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Wanderbrine Preacher1,283 games · 54.5 % (instead of 57.6% expected)
- Merrow Skyswimmer2,171 games · 54.8 % (instead of 57.8% expected)
- Cinder Strike1,600 games · 54.0 % (instead of 56.5% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
44. Eclipsed Kithkin
7.0
45. Morcant's Eyes
7.0
50. Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
6.9
68. Thoughtweft Lieutenant
6.6
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.