Stab
Common · Instant
6.8GoodRank 57 of 271
58.0%Rank 51 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 best commons of the format (6.8/10).
Why. A one-mana black instant that gives a creature -2/-2 until end of turn. It is very cheap removal against small creatures, and it also works as a combat trick.
Risks. It only kills creatures with toughness 2 or less. Bigger ones survive, except in combat.
In the draft. A good black common, worth playing in reasonable numbers. The black pairs with white, blue or red use it well.
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 : +4.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 2 of 90
- Black: rank 7 of 43
- Cost 1: rank 5 of 28
- Average pick: 4.1 (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 copy54.8 % · 142,499 games
- 2 copies55.9 % · 56,994 games
- 3 copies57.8 % · 11,783 games
- 4 copies or more58.0 % · 1,485 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.1 % · 70,937 games
- Next two weeks57.5 % · 34,502 games
- After that57.2 % · 5,198 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 Stop2,074 games · 52.7 % (instead of 49.6% expected)
- An Offer You Can't Refuse732 games · 51.4 % (instead of 48.9% expected)
- Goblin Negotiation2,778 games · 55.0 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Inspiring Call500 games · 43.6 % (instead of 50.1% expected)
- Boltwave318 games · 42.5 % (instead of 48.7% expected)
- Ashroot Animist1,552 games · 50.5 % (instead of 55.5% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 70 %B/W · 60 %
Played in 27% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
90. Eaten Alive
6.2
149. Infestation Sage
5.4
175. Diregraf Ghoul
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.