Mental Modulation
Common · Instant
5.2PlayableRank 165 of 261
53.4%Rank 207 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).
A solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.2/10).
Why. An instant that taps an artifact or creature and draws a card, for two mana, or one during your turn. It replaces itself and can prevent a block or an attack.
Risks. It does not remove the creature, which untaps next turn. A small tempo effect with no lasting board impact.
In the draft. A blue tempo common for decks that attack, especially with white. Take it as filler.
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 : +0.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 39 of 81
- Blue: rank 27 of 41
- Cost 2: rank 36 of 57
- Average pick: 10.0 (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 copy53.6 % · 30,363 games
- 2 copies53.5 % · 7,713 games
- 3 copies55.0 % · 1,077 games
- 4 copies or more51.4 % · 212 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks54.2 % · 14,080 games
- Next two weeks53.6 % · 4,668 games
- After that54.0 % · 1,334 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
- Beyond the Quiet2,069 games · 60.4 % (instead of 55.0% expected)
- Zealous Display1,309 games · 56.1 % (instead of 51.2% expected)
- Moonlit Meditation486 games · 46.9 % (instead of 43.0% expected)
- Cosmogrand Zenith1,918 games · 59.3 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
Where it is played
U/W · 59 %
Played in 7.2% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
15. Genemorph Imago
8.1
25. Biomechan Engineer
7.5
45. Station Monitor
7.0
49. Cryogen Relic
6.9
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.