Elenda, Saint of Dusk
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Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Rare · Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

Pick rating

7.4Very goodRank 34 of 271

Observed strength

61.2%Rank 15 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 (7.4/10).

Why. A four-mana 4/4 with lifelink that gains life as it attacks. When your life total is greater than your starting life total, she gets +1/+1 and has menace, then another +5/+5 when you are at least 10 above it. Hexproof from instants means instants can't target her.

Risks. She needs white and black. Sorceries, enchantments and abilities can still target her, and removal that is not an instant kills her.

In the draft. A very good pick for a white-black deck. She is good early and becomes huge once you gain life.

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 game61.2 %(set average : 55.7 %)
Card in the opening hand61.2 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game61.1 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +9.2 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)87.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Rare: rank 18 of 60
  • Multicolour: rank 5 of 24
  • Cost 4: rank 4 of 44
  • 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.

24,499 games57.5 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)
2,789 games54.1 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

2,504 games56.3 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,828 games51.2 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,662 games54.8 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,233 games49.3 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,065 games56.2 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,041 games52.8 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand58.9 %· 4,037 games
All players, card in hand61.5 %· 17,216 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)56.4 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)55.7 %(set average : 53.5 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy55.9 % · 36,771 games
  • 2 copies58.8 % · 2,249 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks61.6 % · 10,764 games
  • Next two weeks61.9 % · 5,583 games
  • After that58.7 % · 869 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

Cards it wins less with

  • Burst Lightning2,496 games · 52.4 % (instead of 57.3% expected)
  • Claws Out2,363 games · 53.2 % (instead of 56.1% expected)

Other cards of the same cost and colours

  • Day of Judgment

    10. Day of Judgment

    8.5
  • Exemplar of Light

    45. Exemplar of Light

    7.0
  • Kykar, Zephyr Awakener

    58. Kykar, Zephyr Awakener

    6.8
  • Angel of Finality

    61. Angel of Finality

    6.6

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.