Jenova, Ancient Calamity
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Jenova, Ancient Calamity

Rare · Legendary Creature — Alien

Pick rating

7.4Very goodRank 33 of 294

Observed strength

60.5%Rank 25 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 rare of the format (7.4/10).

Why. A four-mana 1/5 that puts a number of +1/+1 counters equal to its power on one other creature each turn, and draws cards when a Mutant dies on your turn. A wall that feeds your team.

Risks. Its power is 1, so the counters come slowly. If the Mutant dies on the opponent's turn, nothing is drawn. It is worth little alone.

In the draft. A fair card in black-green. Take it at a middling price, with creatures to improve.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game60.5 %(set average : 56.4 %)
Card in the opening hand60.6 %(set average : 55.2 %)
Card drawn during the game60.4 %(set average : 57.2 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +8.2 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)89.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Rare: rank 10 of 74
  • Multicolour: rank 10 of 41
  • Cost 4: rank 6 of 51
  • Average pick: 2.0 (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.

15,474 games58.0 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)
5,255 games55.5 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)
2,310 games55.7 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

2,268 games53.7 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,321 games55.9 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,188 games55.4 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

1,125 games55.6 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

splash

943 games51.6 %(all pairs : 56.1 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand57.4 %· 3,503 games
All players, card in hand60.4 %· 14,766 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)59.3 %(set average : 58.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.1 %(set average : 52.9 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy56.0 % · 32,234 games
  • 2 copies59.6 % · 1,308 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks60.7 % · 8,214 games
  • Next two weeks59.9 % · 4,952 games
  • After that60.3 % · 1,600 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

Cards it wins less with

  • Suplex2,122 games · 52.1 % (instead of 56.2% expected)
  • Quistis Trepe1,966 games · 52.1 % (instead of 55.9% expected)

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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.