Seifer Almasy
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Knight
7.4Very goodRank 35 of 294
59.4%Rank 40 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 sturdy four-mana 3/4 that gets scary once it attacks alone: double strike makes it hard to block profitably. If it connects, it recasts a cheap instant or sorcery from your graveyard for free, and that spell is then exiled.
Risks. Attacking alone keeps your other creatures at home, and Fire Cross needs a cheap spell already in the graveyard. Removal or a well-placed blocker shuts it down.
In the draft. A good mid-pack pick for a red deck with enough cheap spells. It improves with a healthy count of instants and sorceries at mana value three or less.
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 : +6.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 11 of 74
- Red: rank 5 of 42
- Cost 4: rank 7 of 51
- Average pick: 1.9 (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.
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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 copy56.7 % · 29,838 games
- 2 copies54.3 % · 762 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.5 % · 7,097 games
- Next two weeks61.0 % · 4,457 games
- After that62.0 % · 1,662 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
- Random Encounter206 games · 54.4 % (instead of 50.1% expected)
- Zell Dincht1,346 games · 58.8 % (instead of 54.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra399 games · 50.6 % (instead of 53.9% expected)
- Travel the Overworld1,778 games · 52.4 % (instead of 55.4% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
1. Nibelheim Aflame
9.4
20. Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
7.9
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.