Biomechan Engineer

Uncommon · Creature — Insect Artificer

Pick rating

7.5Very goodRank 25 of 261

Observed strength

60.4%Rank 13 of 287 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.0%

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 uncommons of the format (7.6/10).

Why. A 2/2 for two that creates a Lander token on entering: mana setup and fixing. Late in the game, eight mana gives you two cards and a 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token.

Risks. It is green-blue gold and the 2/2 body is modest. The eight-mana ability is slow to come online.

In the draft. A very good green-blue uncommon. Take it fairly high: it improves your mana and gives a late-game mana sink.

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 game60.4 %(set average : 56.0 %)
Card in the opening hand61.3 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game59.7 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +5.8 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)85.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Uncommon: rank 2 of 100
  • Multicolour: rank 5 of 22
  • Cost 2: rank 8 of 57
  • Average pick: 3.5 (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.

36,214 games58.3 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)
8,305 games58.0 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)

splash

5,123 games56.5 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)
3,549 games55.0 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)
3,535 games54.7 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)

splash

3,033 games56.0 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)

splash

2,046 games56.2 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)
1,662 games57.0 %(all pairs : 57.3 %)

splash

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 hand59.9 %· 8,270 games
All players, card in hand60.8 %· 32,863 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)60.1 %(set average : 57.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)54.5 %(set average : 53.0 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy56.7 % · 51,359 games
  • 2 copies58.9 % · 12,880 games
  • 3 copies60.0 % · 1,997 games
  • 4 copies or more67.5 % · 271 games

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

  • First two weeks60.9 % · 21,239 games
  • Next two weeks60.1 % · 8,691 games
  • After that61.6 % · 2,933 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

G/U · 53 %B/G · 25 %

Played in 12% 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.