Aerith Gainsborough
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
6.0PlayableRank 119 of 294
55.2%Rank 180 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. A 2/2 lifelinker for three mana that gets a +1/+1 counter whenever you gain life. Her own lifelink counts, so she grows once she deals damage. When she dies, each of your legendary creatures gets as many counters as she had.
Risks. She is still a 2/2 that dies to cheap removal before she grows. The death effect only touches legendary creatures, which is rarely useful.
In the draft. A fair pick for white decks with lifegain. Take her if you have several ways to gain life.
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 : +1.0 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 32 of 74
- White: rank 21 of 43
- Cost 3: rank 29 of 67
- Average pick: 2.7 (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 % · 18,234 games
- 2 copies56.8 % · 669 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.2 % · 4,540 games
- Next two weeks55.6 % · 2,641 games
- After that55.0 % · 862 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
- Valkyrie Aerial Unit1,280 games · 57.3 % (instead of 52.6% expected)
- Hope Estheim895 games · 54.6 % (instead of 50.0% expected)
- The Masamune282 games · 51.8 % (instead of 47.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Namazu Trader1,048 games · 48.9 % (instead of 53.6% expected)
- Town Greeter1,492 games · 52.3 % (instead of 55.8% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
40. Lightning, Army of One
7.2
42. Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
7.2
73. Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire
6.6
87. Rufus Shinra
6.4
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.