Nine-Lives Familiar
Rare · Creature — Cat
4.8WeakRank 195 of 271
53.3%Rank 180 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 solid playable that rarely gets cut (4.8/10).
Why. A 1/1 that returns up to eight times, at the next end step after it dies. It is a recurring blocker and a resource for sacrifice effects.
Risks. It stays a very weak 1/1, and its return is slow. It needs two black mana and is answered by exile.
In the draft. A late-pack pick for a black sacrifice deck. Without synergies, it lacks power.
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 : +1.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 54 of 60
- Black: rank 30 of 43
- Cost 3: rank 49 of 69
- Average pick: 3.9 (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 copy52.8 % · 26,467 games
- 2 copies50.1 % · 1,336 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks53.9 % · 7,887 games
- Next two weeks53.6 % · 3,832 games
- After that51.4 % · 626 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
- Painful Quandary610 games · 48.5 % (instead of 45.5% expected)
- Fishing Pole351 games · 47.9 % (instead of 45.3% expected)
- Crypt Feaster1,679 games · 51.0 % (instead of 48.7% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Llanowar Elves1,540 games · 47.6 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
- Bite Down1,685 games · 48.4 % (instead of 52.4% expected)
- Bushwhack1,611 games · 47.7 % (instead of 51.6% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
24. Dreadwing Scavenger
7.6
29. Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
7.4
51. Abyssal Harvester
6.9
64. Hero's Downfall
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.