Temporal Cleansing

Common · Sorcery

Pick rating

5.0WeakRank 180 of 264

Observed strength

56.1%Rank 110 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).

It wins more than its rating suggests.

Why this gap?

The pick rating is a prior: it is for choosing a card before there are results. The observed strength comes from real games, and the win rate of a card is stable from one week to the next. The gap often comes from a card that is easy to replace at the pick but very efficient once played, from a good archetype that carries it, or from a flaw of our rating: in a set that already has many games, the results are more reliable than the rating.

A solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.0/10).

Why. A blue sorcery with convoke that sends a nonland permanent to second from the top or the bottom of the library: it handles almost any threat, and your creatures help pay for it.

Risks. The owner can redraw the card two turns later if it goes second from the top, so it is not a true removal. It is slow if you have no creatures.

In the draft. A good tempo card for a blue deck with plenty of creatures, especially white-blue. Take it gladly.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game56.1 %(set average : 55.7 %)
Card in the opening hand53.2 %(set average : 54.5 %)
Card drawn during the game57.8 %(set average : 56.5 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +1.4 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)64.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 28 of 81
  • Blue: rank 30 of 41
  • Cost 4: rank 30 of 47
  • Average pick: 8.2 (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.

47,980 games57.1 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
32,234 games56.1 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
3,746 games52.9 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
3,472 games50.1 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
2,226 games49.8 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
1,853 games51.1 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
1,323 games47.8 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)
1,005 games51.7 %(all pairs : 55.7 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand56.3 %· 12,742 games
All players, card in hand56.4 %· 48,169 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)57.8 %(set average : 57.0 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.6 %(set average : 52.9 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy55.4 % · 71,883 games
  • 2 copies56.3 % · 21,251 games
  • 3 copies56.5 % · 2,973 games
  • 4 copies or more63.4 % · 407 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks56.1 % · 33,191 games
  • Next two weeks57.2 % · 10,925 games
  • After that57.5 % · 4,053 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

Cards it wins less with

Where it is played

R/U · 62 %U/W · 56 %

Played in 18% of the decks of the set

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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.