Sinister Cryologist
Common · Creature — Jellyfish Wizard
1.9WeakRank 256 of 261
47.9%Rank 280 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).
Not good filler and often gets cut (2.0/10).
Why. A 2/3 for three whose enter trigger gives -3/-0 to an opposing creature until end of turn. With Warp for one blue mana, it is a small play to ease an attack, and you can recast it later.
Risks. The effect lasts only a turn and kills nothing. A 2/3 with little else: low value, and the card does not change the course of a game.
In the draft. Blue filler to take late, for a deck that likes Warp or tempo. Easy to replace.
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 : -1.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 78 of 81
- Blue: rank 41 of 41
- Cost 3: rank 62 of 64
- Average pick: 11.7 (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 copy50.6 % · 5,816 games
- 2 copies45.5 % · 760 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks47.8 % · 2,451 games
- Next two weeks49.1 % · 527 games
- After that46.5 % · 114 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
- Atomic Microsizer409 games · 54.0 % (instead of 46.1% expected)
- Reroute Systems539 games · 55.7 % (instead of 48.1% expected)
- Seam Rip617 games · 55.3 % (instead of 49.1% expected)
- Exosuit Savior942 games · 54.7 % (instead of 48.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Insatiable Skittermaw374 games · 40.9 % (instead of 47.0% expected)
- Hullcarver540 games · 43.7 % (instead of 49.6% expected)
- Decode Transmissions377 games · 42.2 % (instead of 47.8% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
42. Codecracker Hound
7.0
51. Alpharael, Dreaming Acolyte
6.8
53. Pinnacle Emissary
6.8
91. Unravel
6.2
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.