Nibelheim Aflame
Mythic · Sorcery
9.4BombRank 1 of 294
64.5%Rank 4 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).
The best card of the set (9.4/10).
Why. A lopsided sweeper: pick one of your creatures and it deals damage equal to its power to every other creature. With a big creature, you clear the board around it. From the graveyard, for seven mana, you discard your hand and draw four.
Risks. It hits your own other creatures too, and it needs a creature of yours to target, so you cannot cast it on an empty board. It also asks for two red mana.
In the draft. A first pick without hesitation if you are red and run a few big creatures. The late-game second life makes it worth playing even in a smaller deck.
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 : +10.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 1 of 20
- Red: rank 1 of 42
- Cost 4: rank 1 of 51
- Average pick: 1.8 (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.
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 copy58.7 % · 17,119 games
- 2 copies64.2 % · 204 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks63.7 % · 3,920 games
- Next two weeks65.2 % · 2,614 games
- After that66.1 % · 876 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
- Swallowed by Leviathan2,524 games · 63.0 % (instead of 60.2% expected)
- Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus2,593 games · 62.5 % (instead of 59.8% expected)
- Ice Magic4,952 games · 61.7 % (instead of 59.5% expected)
- Ahriman1,613 games · 60.1 % (instead of 58.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- You're Not Alone1,064 games · 56.2 % (instead of 59.9% expected)
- Paladin's Arms1,460 games · 56.0 % (instead of 59.5% expected)
- Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire897 games · 55.0 % (instead of 58.5% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
20. Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
7.9
35. Seifer Almasy
7.4
64. Sorceress's Schemes
6.7
92. Call the Mountain Chocobo
6.2
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.