Dark Confidant
Mythic · Creature — Human Wizard
8.4BombRank 12 of 294
59.4%Rank 39 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).
One of the very best mythics of the format (8.5/10).
Why. A two-mana 2/1 that gives you an extra card each upkeep, in exchange for life equal to the mana value of the card revealed. In a low-curve deck, it is a stream of cards the opponent has to kill fast.
Risks. The life loss can be heavy with expensive cards, and a 2/1 body dies to anything. In a fast game against an aggressive deck, it can turn against you.
In the draft. Take it in a low-curve black deck with few high-mana-value cards. In a top-heavy deck, leave 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 : +5.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 7 of 20
- Black: rank 3 of 42
- Cost 2: rank 3 of 63
- Average pick: 2.4 (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.
splash
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 copy57.1 % · 12,713 games
- 2 copies58.1 % · 246 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.8 % · 2,887 games
- Next two weeks59.9 % · 2,078 games
- After that58.2 % · 674 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
- Restoration Magic732 games · 61.9 % (instead of 57.8% expected)
- You're Not Alone1,342 games · 62.1 % (instead of 58.2% expected)
- Ninja's Blades964 games · 60.5 % (instead of 56.7% expected)
- The Darkness Crystal680 games · 58.7 % (instead of 54.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Prishe's Wanderings891 games · 51.9 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
- Torgal, A Fine Hound675 games · 54.1 % (instead of 57.6% expected)
- Scorpion Sentinel1,312 games · 54.0 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
72. Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless
6.6
89. Judge Magister Gabranth
6.4
102. Vayne's Treachery
6.2
113. Resentful Revelation
6.0
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.