Lightstall Inquisitor
Rare · Creature — Angel Wizard
8.1Very goodRank 16 of 261
57.9%Rank 57 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 rares of the format (8.1/10).
Why. A 2/1 vigilance for one mana that makes the opponent exile a card from their hand: they may play it later, but it costs one more mana (and a land enters tapped). Mostly a slowdown.
Risks. The opponent chooses the card and keeps it playable, so you do not really remove it. With 1 toughness it dies to anything, and it is weak late in the game.
In the draft. A decent cheap attacker for an aggressive white deck, nothing more. Take it mid-pack, not over real removal.
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 : +3.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 13 of 60
- White: rank 6 of 43
- Cost 1: rank 1 of 33
- 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.
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 copy56.2 % · 18,228 games
- 2 copies59.8 % · 879 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.7 % · 4,982 games
- Next two weeks57.7 % · 2,335 games
- After that54.5 % · 765 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
- Loading Zone159 games · 53.5 % (instead of 48.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Orbital Plunge1,380 games · 53.0 % (instead of 56.9% expected)
- Kav Landseeker1,155 games · 53.1 % (instead of 56.8% expected)
- Starbreach Whale1,401 games · 51.5 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
71. Honor
6.4
75. Focus Fire
6.4
88. Squire's Lightblade
6.2
111. Hardlight Containment
5.8
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.