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Tellah, Great Sage

Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Pick rating

5.2PlayableRank 185 of 294

Observed strength

54.4%Rank 208 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 (5.2/10).

Why. A five-mana 3/3 that creates a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token whenever you cast a noncreature spell. If four or more mana was spent on it, you draw two cards. With eight or more, Tellah is sacrificed and deals that much damage to each opponent.

Risks. It needs both blue and red, and many noncreature spells to generate value. The eight-mana sacrifice is mandatory but rare. Without spells it is an expensive 3/3.

In the draft. A good pick for a blue-red deck that plays many instants, sorceries and artifacts. It pays off through its triggers, not its stats.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game54.4 %(set average : 56.4 %)

Card in the opening hand51.8 %(set average : 55.2 %)

Card drawn during the game56.0 %(set average : 57.2 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +2.3 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)82.0 %(set average : 62.0 %)

Its place in the set

Rare: rank 45 of 74
Multicolour: rank 33 of 41
Cost 5: rank 19 of 29
Average pick: 3.2 (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.