Poison the Waters
Uncommon · Sorcery
4.6WeakRank 222 of 294
52.8%Rank 259 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 (4.6/10).
Why. A two-mana sorcery with two modes: -1/-1 to all creatures until end of turn, sweeping small creatures and tokens, or look at a player's hand and make them discard an artifact or creature card of your choice.
Risks. The sweep mode hits your own creatures too. Depending on the opposing board it may kill nothing.
In the draft. A situational tool, good against token or small-creature decks. Otherwise a sideboard card; a late pick.
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 : +0.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 84 of 110
- Black: rank 37 of 42
- Cost 2: rank 50 of 63
- Average pick: 9.2 (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 copy53.2 % · 20,820 games
- 2 copies52.5 % · 1,087 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks53.9 % · 5,771 games
- Next two weeks52.7 % · 3,019 games
- After that51.6 % · 847 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
- Elixir217 games · 49.3 % (instead of 45.3% expected)
- Hill Gigas1,361 games · 53.7 % (instead of 49.9% expected)
- Summon: G.F. Ifrit1,412 games · 53.7 % (instead of 50.2% expected)
- Kain, Traitorous Dragoon777 games · 52.6 % (instead of 49.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel897 games · 50.4 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
- Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card1,368 games · 52.1 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
- Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum2,613 games · 50.2 % (instead of 52.4% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
12. Dark Confidant
8.4
72. Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless
6.6
89. Judge Magister Gabranth
6.4
102. Vayne's Treachery
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.