Axgard Cavalry

Common · Creature — Dwarf Berserker

Pick rating

4.2WeakRank 223 of 271

Observed strength

51.8%Rank 214 of 274 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 55.7%

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 good playable, but is sometimes cut (4.2/10).

Why. A two-mana 2/2 that can give haste to a creature by tapping. It lets a big creature hit as soon as it arrives, and it is still a fair body on turn two.

Risks. It must tap to act, so it neither attacks nor blocks that turn. Alone it is a plain 2/2 with little effect.

In the draft. Red filler for an aggressive deck with big creatures. Take it late, after the cards that win games.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game51.8 %(set average : 55.7 %)
Card in the opening hand53.2 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game50.7 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -3.8 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)40.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 66 of 90
  • Red: rank 38 of 43
  • Cost 2: rank 46 of 57
  • Average pick: 10.1 (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.

23,753 games53.9 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
22,163 games54.6 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
18,908 games54.7 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
6,800 games51.9 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
1,575 games56.4 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
325 games48.0 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
308 games43.8 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)
261 games44.4 %(all pairs : 54.1 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand50.9 %· 6,996 games
All players, card in hand52.1 %· 33,464 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)55.8 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)52.3 %(set average : 53.5 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy54.1 % · 59,014 games
  • 2 copies54.0 % · 14,355 games
  • 3 copies51.8 % · 1,566 games
  • 4 copies or more53.0 % · 149 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks52.2 % · 21,803 games
  • Next two weeks52.1 % · 10,214 games
  • After that50.6 % · 1,447 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

Cards it wins less with

Where it is played

R/W · 54 %B/R · 49 %

Played in 9.5% of the decks of the set

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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.