Desculpting Blast

Uncommon · Instant

Pick rating

6.4GoodRank 72 of 261

Observed strength

57.2%Rank 75 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).

Good playable that always makes the cut (6.4/10).

Why. A two-mana instant that bounces any nonland permanent. If the target was attacking, you also get a 1/1 colorless Drone artifact creature token with flying, so it is both defense and tempo.

Risks. The permanent only goes back to its owner's hand, so it is true removal only against tokens; against a big creature it just buys time. The Drone can block only creatures with flying.

In the draft. A solid tempo tool for aggressive or light-control blue decks. Take it after your best removal and threats.

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 game57.2 %(set average : 56.0 %)
Card in the opening hand53.9 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game59.2 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +3.2 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)84.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Uncommon: rank 24 of 100
  • Blue: rank 9 of 41
  • Cost 2: rank 17 of 57
  • Average pick: 4.9 (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.

17,808 games57.8 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
16,007 games56.4 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
14,636 games55.0 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
10,591 games54.4 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
1,458 games56.1 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
1,027 games55.4 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
789 games55.3 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)
710 games52.3 %(all pairs : 55.9 %)

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 hand56.6 %· 7,671 games
All players, card in hand57.6 %· 31,799 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)58.1 %(set average : 57.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.7 %(set average : 53.0 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy55.7 % · 55,420 games
  • 2 copies57.2 % · 8,503 games
  • 3 copies59.1 % · 552 games

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

  • First two weeks57.7 % · 20,201 games
  • Next two weeks57.4 % · 8,720 games
  • After that57.5 % · 2,878 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

B/U · 31 %R/U · 31 %

Played in 11% 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.