Absolute Virtue
Mythic · Legendary Creature — Avatar Warrior
7.4Very goodRank 30 of 294
58.6%Rank 66 of 341 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.4%
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 very good mythic of the format (7.4/10).
Why. An uncounterable 8/8 flier that gives you protection from each opponent: no damage, targeting or enchanting from them. Once in play, the opponent can no longer deal damage to you.
Risks. Eight mana in two colours, so it arrives very late. The protection covers neither life loss, discard nor sacrifice effects; the creature itself dies to removal.
In the draft. A finisher for a slow blue-white deck. Barely playable otherwise: do not take it high.
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 : +7.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 12 of 20
- Multicolour: rank 8 of 41
- Cost 8: rank 3 of 4
- Average pick: 3.1 (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.
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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 since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.8 % · 2,071 games
- Next two weeks59.6 % · 1,511 games
- After that56.7 % · 469 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
- Hope Estheim518 games · 56.2 % (instead of 49.8% expected)
- Ring of the Lucii700 games · 56.7 % (instead of 52.2% expected)
- Summon: Leviathan565 games · 59.1 % (instead of 55.4% expected)
- Thief's Knife927 games · 55.9 % (instead of 52.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell465 games · 50.8 % (instead of 55.8% expected)
- Thunder Magic751 games · 51.0 % (instead of 55.4% expected)
- Hecteyes555 games · 50.6 % (instead of 54.9% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
16. Summon: Knights of Round
8.2
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.