Drake Hatcher
Rare · Creature — Human Wizard
7.2Very goodRank 37 of 271
56.9%Rank 74 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 very good rare of the format (7.2/10).
Why. A two-mana 1/3 with vigilance and prowess that blocks well early. Every time it connects with a player it stacks incubation counters, and every three of them can become a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Risks. It has to actually hit the opponent, which is hard against bigger blockers. On its own it is slow to produce Drakes.
In the draft. A solid two-drop for a spell-heavy blue deck. Take it higher if you have enough instants and sorceries to trigger prowess.
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 : +4.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 19 of 60
- Blue: rank 8 of 44
- Cost 2: rank 8 of 57
- Average pick: 2.7 (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 copy54.5 % · 36,412 games
- 2 copies53.7 % · 2,276 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.4 % · 11,311 games
- Next two weeks57.3 % · 5,785 games
- After that57.2 % · 865 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
- Rite of the Dragoncaller738 games · 55.3 % (instead of 51.0% expected)
- Electroduplicate277 games · 54.5 % (instead of 51.0% expected)
- Bulk Up575 games · 53.2 % (instead of 50.1% expected)
- Koma, World-Eater2,275 games · 54.5 % (instead of 51.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Billowing Shriekmass2,243 games · 50.1 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
- Gutless Plunderer2,964 games · 51.2 % (instead of 53.1% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
27. Mischievous Mystic
7.5
40. Essence Scatter
7.1
96. Balmor, Battlemage Captain
6.2
98. Think Twice
6.0
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.