Soul-Shackled Zombie
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Soul-Shackled Zombie

Common · Creature — Zombie

Pick rating

4.6WeakRank 206 of 271

Observed strength

55.1%Rank 126 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).

It wins more than its rating suggests.

Why this gap?

The pick rating is a prior: it is for choosing a card before there are results. The observed strength comes from real games, and the win rate of a card is stable from one week to the next. The gap often comes from a card that is easy to replace at the pick but very efficient once played, from a good archetype that carries it, or from a flaw of our rating: in a set that already has many games, the results are more reliable than the rating.

A solid playable that rarely gets cut (4.6/10).

Why. A 4/2 for four mana that exiles up to two cards from a single graveyard as it enters. If at least one creature card was exiled this way, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2. Most of the time it is a decent body with a small bonus.

Risks. Two toughness is fragile, and the bonus depends on a creature card being in a graveyard. The life swing does not win a game by itself. It can still hurt an opponent who recurs creatures.

In the draft. A perfectly playable black filler common for a midrange deck. It does better than it looks, but look for removal and creatures with a real ability first.

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 game55.1 %(set average : 55.7 %)
Card in the opening hand51.4 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game57.5 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +1.3 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)49.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 57 of 90
  • Black: rank 31 of 43
  • Cost 4: rank 35 of 44
  • Average pick: 9.2 (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.

39,532 games54.3 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
24,942 games55.0 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
20,808 games54.1 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
8,792 games52.8 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
3,371 games56.0 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
939 games51.1 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
683 games47.4 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)
625 games50.1 %(all pairs : 54.2 %)

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 hand54.0 %· 12,024 games
All players, card in hand55.1 %· 48,392 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)54.6 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.8 %(set average : 53.5 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy53.9 % · 80,025 games
  • 2 copies55.4 % · 18,851 games
  • 3 copies54.5 % · 1,876 games
  • 4 copies or more55.6 % · 205 games

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

  • First two weeks55.1 % · 28,705 games
  • Next two weeks54.8 % · 16,919 games
  • After that55.4 % · 2,768 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

  • Claws Out2,605 games · 50.4 % (instead of 54.2% expected)
  • Fishing Pole696 games · 43.2 % (instead of 46.8% expected)
  • Raise the Past697 games · 47.8 % (instead of 51.3% expected)

Where it is played

B/W · 40 %B/R · 39 %

Played in 13% of the decks of the set

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  • Zombify

    184. Zombify

    5.0

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.