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Crystal Barricade

Rare · Artifact Creature — Wall

Pick rating

4.4WeakRank 213 of 271

Observed strength

48.2%Rank 259 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 (4.4/10).

Why. A two-mana 0/4 Wall that gives you hexproof and prevents all noncombat damage to your other creatures. It blocks small attackers well.

Risks. It cannot attack and does nothing about combat damage. The hexproof and damage prevention come up rarely, so the card has little effect on the game.

In the draft. A niche card for a white control deck, for use against an opponent full of direct damage. In general it stays in the sideboard.

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 game48.2 %(set average : 55.7 %)

Card in the opening hand49.2 %(set average : 54.8 %)

Card drawn during the game47.5 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -2.7 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)29.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

Rare: rank 56 of 60
White: rank 40 of 43
Cost 2: rank 41 of 57
Average pick: 6.9 (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.