Phantom Train
Uncommon · Artifact — Vehicle
5.4PlayableRank 164 of 294
55.0%Rank 189 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 (5.4/10).
Why. A 4/4 trample Vehicle for four mana with no crew cost: it only becomes a creature when you sacrifice another artifact or creature, and it gains a +1/+1 counter each time. A finisher in a sacrifice deck.
Risks. It becomes a creature only at the price of a sacrifice, so it cannot block without that. With no fodder it sits idle.
In the draft. A fair pick in a black deck with creatures that leave tokens or Treasures. Otherwise pass 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 : +1.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 63 of 110
- Black: rank 30 of 42
- Cost 4: rank 30 of 51
- Average pick: 8.2 (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 copy54.6 % · 31,488 games
- 2 copies57.3 % · 3,006 games
- 3 copies59.5 % · 116 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.7 % · 6,456 games
- Next two weeks56.4 % · 6,566 games
- After that55.8 % · 2,193 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
- Dark Confidant1,587 games · 59.9 % (instead of 56.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum1,818 games · 47.9 % (instead of 54.1% expected)
- Scorpion Sentinel1,858 games · 49.0 % (instead of 54.7% expected)
- Retrieve the Esper1,764 games · 48.7 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 25 %
Played in 4.6% of the decks of the set
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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.