Fake Your Own Death
Common · Instant
5.6PlayableRank 131 of 271
55.8%Rank 103 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (5.6/10).
Why. An instant that gives a creature +2/+0 until end of turn and returns it tapped if it dies, plus a Treasure token. It is a good combat trick that blanks removal or wins a trade.
Risks. It does nothing without a creature and only protects for the turn; exile or bounce effects get around it. The creature returns tapped.
In the draft. A good black common, stronger in a creature-heavy deck. Take it mid-pack and look for creatures of value alongside.
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 : +2.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 24 of 90
- Black: rank 20 of 43
- Cost 2: rank 27 of 57
- Average pick: 8.7 (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 copy54.6 % · 110,396 games
- 2 copies54.2 % · 15,953 games
- 3 copies53.2 % · 1,010 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.7 % · 35,664 games
- Next two weeks56.1 % · 19,149 games
- After that55.3 % · 3,100 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
- Time Stop627 games · 52.0 % (instead of 48.8% expected)
- Electroduplicate554 games · 53.1 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
- Flamewake Phoenix2,768 games · 54.9 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Broken Wings1,100 games · 45.5 % (instead of 49.9% expected)
- Reclamation Sage1,795 games · 47.4 % (instead of 51.6% expected)
- Elvish Archdruid1,234 games · 48.8 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 47 %B/R · 46 %
Played in 16% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
38. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
7.2
69. Vampire Gourmand
6.6
109. Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
6.0
135. Pilfer
5.6
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.