Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Knight
8.3Very goodRank 12 of 261
59.4%Rank 25 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 (8.4/10).
Why. A 2/2 vigilance menace for two that grows and gains you 1 life whenever another creature you control dies or is exiled. At 4 power or more, its death destroys a nonland permanent.
Risks. It is white-black gold and does little alone. With 2 toughness it dies fast before growing, and the final removal needs 4 power.
In the draft. Very good in an aggressive white-black deck with lots of creature trades. Elsewhere, do not take it until you are sure of your colours.
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 : +6.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 9 of 60
- Multicolour: rank 2 of 22
- Cost 2: rank 4 of 57
- Average pick: 2.7 (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.
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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 % · 17,050 games
- 2 copies59.6 % · 1,135 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.8 % · 4,803 games
- Next two weeks59.2 % · 2,302 games
- After that61.2 % · 869 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
- Pinnacle Starcage250 games · 54.0 % (instead of 50.7% expected)
- Exalted Sunborn738 games · 59.2 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Fell Gravship4,293 games · 60.4 % (instead of 58.0% expected)
- Wurmwall Sweeper2,281 games · 57.7 % (instead of 55.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Diplomatic Relations1,020 games · 53.5 % (instead of 57.2% expected)
- Galactic Wayfarer1,221 games · 54.7 % (instead of 57.8% expected)
- Zero Point Ballad1,181 games · 53.0 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 26 %
Played in 3.2% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
8. Sunset Saboteur
8.7
10. Sunstar Chaplain
8.5
13. Lumen-Class Frigate
8.3
23. Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam
7.6
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.