Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Uncommon · Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
6.2PlayableRank 96 of 271
55.8%Rank 106 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.2/10).
Why. A two-mana 1/3 flier that blocks well and attacks in the air for little. Each instant or sorcery you cast gives all your creatures +1/+0 and trample until end of turn.
Risks. It does almost nothing without spells and needs two specific colours. At three toughness removal handles it easily.
In the draft. Take it in a blue-red deck with plenty of instants and sorceries. Elsewhere it is just a 1/3 flier.
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 : +3.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 35 of 101
- Multicolour: rank 13 of 24
- Cost 2: rank 20 of 57
- Average pick: 6.6 (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 copy52.8 % · 28,594 games
- 2 copies54.0 % · 10,802 games
- 3 copies54.4 % · 1,764 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.3 % · 14,727 games
- Next two weeks56.4 % · 5,919 games
- After that55.3 % · 827 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
- Seismic Rupture3,646 games · 52.6 % (instead of 49.7% expected)
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary2,302 games · 48.7 % (instead of 46.2% expected)
- Crackling Cyclops7,531 games · 51.2 % (instead of 48.7% expected)
- Boltwave2,117 games · 49.0 % (instead of 46.6% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Involuntary Employment2,716 games · 48.9 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
- Spitfire Lagac884 games · 45.8 % (instead of 48.7% expected)
- Frenzied Goblin1,655 games · 49.7 % (instead of 52.3% expected)
Where it is played
R/U · 73 %
Played in 5.3% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
12. Searslicer Goblin
8.4
27. Mischievous Mystic
7.5
28. Abrade
7.4
37. Drake Hatcher
7.2
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.