Leyline Axe

Rare · Artifact — Equipment

Pick rating

8.8BombRank 6 of 271

Observed strength

61.1%Rank 16 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 (8.8/10).

Why. A colourless Equipment that fits in any deck. If it is in your opening hand you may start the game with it on the battlefield. It gives +1/+1, double strike and trample, so an average creature hits like a big one.

Risks. It costs four to cast and three to equip, so it is slow when drawn late. Double strike is worthless on a creature that does not survive.

In the draft. A good pick for almost any deck with creatures. It is especially strong in an aggressive deck, since every creature becomes a threat.

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 game61.1 %(set average : 55.7 %)
Card in the opening hand66.4 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game57.0 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +6.8 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)97.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Rare: rank 5 of 60
  • Colourless: rank 1 of 31
  • Cost 4: rank 1 of 44
  • Average pick: 1.7 (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.

6,985 games57.7 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
5,412 games57.8 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
4,576 games56.6 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
4,545 games55.5 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
3,737 games58.4 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
3,733 games59.1 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
3,621 games58.8 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)
2,491 games54.8 %(all pairs : 57.1 %)

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 hand60.2 %· 4,667 games
All players, card in hand61.2 %· 18,540 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)58.8 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)55.3 %(set average : 53.5 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy57.0 % · 41,781 games
  • 2 copies58.4 % · 966 games

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

  • First two weeks61.1 % · 10,666 games
  • Next two weeks61.5 % · 6,852 games
  • After that60.4 % · 1,022 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

Other cards of the same cost and colours

  • Solemn Simulacrum

    56. Solemn Simulacrum

    6.8
  • Juggernaut

    258. Juggernaut

    2.0

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.