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Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Mutant Wizard // Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Pick rating

7.9Very goodRank 20 of 294

Observed strength

62.1%Rank 17 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 rares of the format (7.9/10).

Why. A four-mana 3/4 that creates a tapped 0/1 Wizard creature token at each of your end steps, each dealing 1 damage to the opponent whenever you cast a noncreature spell. With four Wizards, Kuja included, it transforms and doubles the damage of your Wizards.

Risks. The tokens are fragile and do nothing without noncreature spells. The transform needs three tokens besides Kuja, which takes time.

In the draft. A good black-red card: a solid body and value that builds up. Take it fairly high, with spells to feed the tokens.

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 game62.1 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Card in the opening hand62.5 %(set average : 55.2 %)

Card drawn during the game61.8 %(set average : 57.2 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +10.2 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)88.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

Rare: rank 7 of 74
Multicolour: rank 4 of 41
Cost 4: rank 4 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.