Pilfer
Common · Sorcery
5.6PlayableRank 135 of 271
55.6%Rank 111 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. Two mana to see the opponent's hand and take their best nonland card. It is a one-for-one, but the information is a bonus: you know exactly what you still have to beat.
Risks. It does nothing on the battlefield. Late in the game the opponent's hand is often empty and the spell is a dead draw.
In the draft. Fine in black as a filler slot, not a mid-pack priority. Best in a controlling deck that wants to see the threat before answering it.
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 : +2.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 27 of 90
- Black: rank 21 of 43
- Cost 2: rank 28 of 57
- Average pick: 9.6 (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 copy54.4 % · 76,422 games
- 2 copies54.0 % · 11,474 games
- 3 copies51.6 % · 768 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.5 % · 23,068 games
- Next two weeks55.8 % · 16,096 games
- After that56.1 % · 2,671 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
- Crystal Barricade567 games · 52.2 % (instead of 49.8% expected)
- Tolarian Terror13,055 games · 54.4 % (instead of 52.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Adventuring Gear310 games · 44.5 % (instead of 48.7% expected)
- An Offer You Can't Refuse445 games · 44.3 % (instead of 47.9% expected)
- Hidetsugu's Second Rite789 games · 50.7 % (instead of 54.3% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 37 %B/R · 27 %
Played in 11% 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
131. Fake Your Own Death
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.