Virus Beetle
Common · Artifact Creature — Insect
5.8PlayableRank 120 of 261
57.1%Rank 77 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (5.8/10).
Why. A two-mana 1/1 artifact creature that makes each opponent discard a card when it enters. A modest two-for-one, reliable and playable early.
Risks. The 1/1 body is outclassed quickly, and if the opponent has no hand the effect does nothing. It doesn't affect the battlefield.
In the draft. A good black filler common that helps your curve. Take it also as a creature to sacrifice.
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 : +3.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 15 of 81
- Black: rank 16 of 42
- Cost 2: rank 28 of 57
- Average pick: 5.2 (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 copy55.0 % · 78,301 games
- 2 copies55.6 % · 34,715 games
- 3 copies56.8 % · 9,144 games
- 4 copies or more57.9 % · 2,112 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks57.1 % · 40,956 games
- Next two weeks56.8 % · 20,248 games
- After that57.0 % · 7,296 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
- Weapons Manufacturing2,146 games · 53.2 % (instead of 49.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Sami, Wildcat Captain169 games · 42.0 % (instead of 49.8% expected)
- Icetill Explorer1,276 games · 47.3 % (instead of 52.5% expected)
- The Dominion Bracelet527 games · 46.3 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
Where it is played
B/R · 71 %B/U · 68 %
Played in 22% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
8. Sunset Saboteur
8.7
12. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
8.3
78. Umbral Collar Zealot
6.4
90. Timeline Culler
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.