Bard's Bow
Common · Artifact — Equipment
5.0WeakRank 201 of 294
55.2%Rank 179 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 solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.0/10).
Why. For three mana you effectively get a 3/3 Hero token with reach, a decent body that also holds off fliers. Job select makes it a two-for-one on arrival.
Risks. Equip costs six, so if the Hero token dies the Equipment is mostly dead weight on the battlefield. The token is exposed to any removal.
In the draft. Acceptable green filler for the three-drop slot, a mid or late pick. Take real removal and quality creatures before 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 : +0.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 59 of 90
- Green: rank 22 of 41
- Cost 3: rank 40 of 67
- Average pick: 8.8 (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 copy55.2 % · 81,293 games
- 2 copies55.6 % · 20,001 games
- 3 copies56.2 % · 2,613 games
- 4 copies or more57.1 % · 259 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.8 % · 27,706 games
- Next two weeks55.9 % · 16,462 games
- After that55.9 % · 4,937 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
- Louisoix's Sacrifice183 games · 53.6 % (instead of 48.0% expected)
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary1,014 games · 62.0 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
- Excalibur II298 games · 53.7 % (instead of 48.7% expected)
- The Water Crystal173 games · 51.4 % (instead of 47.1% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Aettir and Priwen174 games · 42.0 % (instead of 46.8% expected)
Where it is played
G/R · 55 %G/W · 53 %
Played in 14% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
9. Traveling Chocobo
8.7
18. Summon: Fenrir
8.0
46. Ignis Scientia
7.0
78. Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
6.5
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.