Burst Lightning
Common · Instant
7.0GoodRank 43 of 271
58.3%Rank 43 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).
One of the best commons of the format (7.0/10).
Why. A one-mana red instant that deals 2 damage to any target, or 4 when kicked. It is flexible removal: cheap early, and strong enough late to kill a big creature or finish a player.
Risks. Two damage does not kill bigger creatures. The kicked version needs five mana in total.
In the draft. A very good common to take in red. The red pairs with black, blue or white use it best.
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 : +3.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 1 of 90
- Red: rank 8 of 43
- Cost 1: rank 3 of 28
- Average pick: 3.9 (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 copy54.8 % · 107,481 games
- 2 copies56.6 % · 51,261 games
- 3 copies58.8 % · 14,428 games
- 4 copies or more60.1 % · 3,217 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks57.8 % · 57,815 games
- Next two weeks58.0 % · 28,041 games
- After that58.8 % · 4,194 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
- Banner of Kinship1,068 games · 56.6 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
- Doubling Season206 games · 50.0 % (instead of 46.5% expected)
- Midnight Snack546 games · 53.7 % (instead of 50.8% expected)
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger4,756 games · 57.4 % (instead of 54.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Elenda, Saint of Dusk2,496 games · 52.4 % (instead of 57.3% expected)
- Crystal Barricade453 games · 47.0 % (instead of 51.2% expected)
- Tranquil Cove4,097 games · 53.0 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
Where it is played
R/U · 70 %G/R · 67 %
Played in 22% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
9. Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
8.6
176. Fanatical Firebrand
5.0
177. Frenzied Goblin
5.0
190. Boltwave
4.8
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.