The Masamune
Rare · Legendary Artifact — Equipment
2.0WeakRank 287 of 294
44.2%Rank 339 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).
Not good filler and often gets cut (2.0/10).
Why. A three-mana Equipment: the equipped creature has first strike while attacking and must be blocked if able. Equipping costs only two, and the effect forces the opponent into a block with a creature of their choice.
Risks. Forcing a block can cost you a good creature, and the trigger-doubling clause is rarely relevant. It gives no power bonus.
In the draft. Filler in an aggressive deck with good combat creatures. Don't take it over removal or real threats.
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 : -6.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 70 of 74
- Colourless: rank 42 of 44
- Cost 3: rank 65 of 67
- Average pick: 6.4 (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 since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks44.3 % · 1,443 games
- Next two weeks43.2 % · 579 games
- After that36.3 % · 212 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
- Sidequest: Play Blitzball // World Champion, Celestial Weapon324 games · 49.7 % (instead of 44.0% expected)
- Commune with Beavers274 games · 51.5 % (instead of 46.2% expected)
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander591 games · 51.8 % (instead of 46.5% expected)
- Windurst, Federation Center545 games · 51.9 % (instead of 46.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Fire Magic300 games · 39.3 % (instead of 47.9% expected)
- Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire287 games · 41.1 % (instead of 47.8% expected)
- Valkyrie Aerial Unit288 games · 39.9 % (instead of 45.7% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
17. Buster Sword
8.1
189. Adventurer's Airship
5.0
272. Blitzball
2.0
282. Magic Pot
2.0
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.