Starfield Shepherd
Uncommon · Creature — Angel
6.8GoodRank 54 of 261
58.7%Rank 37 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 uncommon of the format (6.8/10).
Why. A five-mana 3/2 flyer that replaces itself: it searches for a basic Plains or a creature with mana value 1 or less. With warp for two mana it is a cheap tutor, then it returns later as an aerial threat.
Risks. Two white mana and a fragile body for five. With no one-drop creatures, you often fetch just a Plains.
In the draft. A good white uncommon, taken fairly high in any white deck.
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 : +4.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 14 of 100
- White: rank 13 of 43
- Cost 5: rank 6 of 29
- Average pick: 3.1 (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 copy56.1 % · 48,194 games
- 2 copies57.5 % · 7,751 games
- 3 copies61.1 % · 731 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.5 % · 16,636 games
- Next two weeks58.3 % · 7,399 games
- After that60.2 % · 2,539 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
- Ragost, Deft Gastronaut1,265 games · 56.0 % (instead of 52.5% expected)
- Rig for War607 games · 58.2 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
- Atomic Microsizer490 games · 55.5 % (instead of 52.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Sothera, the Supervoid504 games · 48.8 % (instead of 53.6% expected)
- Evendo, Waking Haven207 games · 47.8 % (instead of 51.8% expected)
Where it is played
U/W · 35 %B/W · 34 %
Played in 9.9% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
14. Beyond the Quiet
8.2
20. Exalted Sunborn
7.7
34. Astelli Reclaimer
7.3
89. Syr Vondam, the Lucent
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.