Cephalid Inkmage
Uncommon · Creature — Octopus Wizard
5.2PlayableRank 161 of 271
53.6%Rank 174 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 solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.2/10).
Why. A three-mana 2/2 that surveils 3 when it enters. With threshold it can't be blocked, a good threat for decks that fill their graveyard.
Risks. A small body, and threshold needs seven cards in your graveyard, which takes time. Before that it is an ordinary 2/2.
In the draft. A mid-to-late pack pick for a blue-black control or graveyard deck. Not a priority.
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 : +1.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 56 of 101
- Blue: rank 26 of 44
- Cost 3: rank 40 of 69
- Average pick: 8.0 (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 copy52.9 % · 34,581 games
- 2 copies52.3 % · 4,549 games
- 3 copies49.6 % · 385 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks53.8 % · 12,540 games
- Next two weeks53.1 % · 5,638 games
- After that50.4 % · 935 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
- Zimone, Paradox Sculptor1,539 games · 56.8 % (instead of 53.6% expected)
- Rise of the Dark Realms568 games · 52.5 % (instead of 49.9% expected)
- Make Your Move2,919 games · 55.2 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
- Muldrotha, the Gravetide1,202 games · 50.2 % (instead of 48.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Boltwave374 games · 43.3 % (instead of 46.2% expected)
- Goblin Surprise2,232 games · 49.6 % (instead of 51.8% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
15. Kiora, the Rising Tide
8.2
18. Faebloom Trick
7.9
21. Empyrean Eagle
7.7
24. Dreadwing Scavenger
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.