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Curator of Destinies

Rare · Creature — Sphinx

Pick rating

9.0BombRank 4 of 271

Observed strength

62.2%Rank 5 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 10 best cards of the set (9.0/10).

Why. A six-mana 5/5 flyer that can't be countered and refills your hand when it enters. You look at the top five cards of your library, split them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile, and the opponent chooses which goes to your hand. The other goes to your graveyard.

Risks. Six mana, including two blue. If it gets removed you still got cards, but you lost tempo. The opponent can hand you the pile that helps you least.

In the draft. Take it high in a blue deck that can afford to be a bit slow. Split your piles so that either choice is good for you.

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 game62.2 %(set average : 55.7 %)

Card in the opening hand59.0 %(set average : 54.8 %)

Card drawn during the game64.1 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +9.3 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)90.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

Rare: rank 4 of 60
Blue: rank 1 of 44
Cost 6: rank 1 of 18
Average pick: 2.0 (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.