Sephiroth's Intervention
Common · Instant
6.6GoodRank 75 of 294
58.6%Rank 65 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 best commons of the format (6.6/10).
Why. Unconditional instant-speed removal: it destroys any creature and gains you 2 life. The four-mana price is its only real drawback.
Risks. Four mana is slow and costs tempo against a fast deck. It only answers creatures.
In the draft. Take it in black ahead of most creatures. It is a common, so you can gather several copies.
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 : +5.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 9 of 90
- Black: rank 10 of 42
- Cost 4: rank 14 of 51
- Average pick: 3.1 (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 copy55.8 % · 137,351 games
- 2 copies56.7 % · 40,924 games
- 3 copies58.3 % · 6,807 games
- 4 copies or more58.1 % · 801 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.4 % · 51,461 games
- Next two weeks58.5 % · 32,209 games
- After that57.5 % · 9,683 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
- Aettir and Priwen191 games · 52.9 % (instead of 47.6% expected)
- Yuna, Hope of Spira1,150 games · 59.3 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Valkyrie Aerial Unit3,327 games · 49.5 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
- Clive's Hideaway218 games · 45.0 % (instead of 49.3% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 56 %B/G · 53 %
Played in 24% of the decks of the set
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76. Squall, SeeD Mercenary
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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.