Protective Response
Uncommon · Instant
6.6GoodRank 66 of 264
57.2%Rank 78 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 solid uncommon of the format (6.6/10).
Why. A three-mana instant with convoke that destroys an attacking or blocking creature. Cast after blocks, your untapped creatures can tap to pay for it without leaving combat, covering part or all of the cost.
Risks. It only hits creatures in combat, so it's useless against one that stays back. Using convoke taps your creatures.
In the draft. A decent removal spell for white, especially blue-white or green-white. Take it for a deck that attacks or blocks actively.
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 : +2.8 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 15 of 100
- White: rank 12 of 41
- Cost 3: rank 16 of 66
- Average pick: 3.9 (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 copy55.9 % · 44,224 games
- 2 copies56.9 % · 5,957 games
- 3 copies60.3 % · 527 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks57.7 % · 15,302 games
- Next two weeks57.2 % · 5,255 games
- After that57.2 % · 2,073 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
- Celestial Reunion361 games · 58.2 % (instead of 54.8% expected)
- Prismatic Undercurrents531 games · 52.4 % (instead of 49.5% expected)
- Flitterwing Nuisance2,805 games · 59.5 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
- Mirrormind Crown173 games · 49.1 % (instead of 46.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Emptiness1,379 games · 51.2 % (instead of 55.1% expected)
- Dawn-Blessed Pennant1,651 games · 52.8 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 25 %G/W · 25 %
Played in 9.1% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
13. Brigid's Command
8.3
15. Ajani, Outland Chaperone
8.1
34. Eclipsed Merrow
7.3
41. Brigid, Clachan's Heart // Brigid, Doun's Mind
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.