The Wandering Minstrel
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Bard
6.0PlayableRank 116 of 294
55.7%Rank 161 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. A 1/3 for two mana that makes your lands enter untapped. Everything else needs five Towns: at the beginning of combat on your turn you then get a 2/2 Elemental token of all colours. The five-colour ability is too costly in practice.
Risks. Without several Towns it is just a 1/3 with little impact. The ability's cost needs all five colours, which is almost never realistic.
In the draft. Avoid it unless you have plenty of Towns. In most decks it is not worth a slot.
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 : +6.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 30 of 74
- Multicolour: rank 28 of 41
- Cost 2: rank 26 of 63
- Average pick: 5.5 (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.
splash
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 copy52.8 % · 15,679 games
- 2 copies51.1 % · 1,339 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.8 % · 4,374 games
- Next two weeks56.3 % · 2,951 games
- After that57.4 % · 794 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
- Ancient Adamantoise737 games · 59.0 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
- Summoner's Grimoire398 games · 54.0 % (instead of 48.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Call the Mountain Chocobo1,275 games · 46.6 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
- Choco-Comet994 games · 50.0 % (instead of 54.3% expected)
- Retrieve the Esper2,482 games · 48.7 % (instead of 52.2% expected)
Where it is played
G/U · 30 %
Played in 2.3% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
2. Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin
9.3
21. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
7.8
36. Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus
7.4
41. Torgal, A Fine Hound
7.2
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.