Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
Rare · Legendary Creature — Assassin // Legendary Creature — Werewolf Beast
6.9GoodRank 55 of 294
57.9%Rank 89 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 (6.9/10).
Why. A four-mana 2/2 that grows whenever an opposing creature dies, by +1/+1 counters equal to that creature's power. When it attacks you may transform it into Galian Beast, a trample lifelinker that returns tapped, front face up, when it dies.
Risks. Without opposing creatures dying it is an expensive 2/2. The double black cost is demanding, and removal on the front face stops it.
In the draft. A good pick for a black deck that trades a lot of creatures. It shines in games that turn into a grind.
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 : +4.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 18 of 74
- Black: rank 9 of 42
- Cost 4: rank 9 of 51
- Average pick: 1.8 (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 by number of copies in the deck
- 1 copy56.1 % · 27,655 games
- 2 copies54.6 % · 680 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.0 % · 6,901 games
- Next two weeks57.2 % · 4,052 games
- After that59.6 % · 1,256 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
- Judge Magister Gabranth2,641 games · 58.7 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival2,300 games · 59.0 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
- Fang, Fearless l'Cie3,165 games · 55.7 % (instead of 53.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Samurai's Katana1,419 games · 55.0 % (instead of 58.1% expected)
- Choco-Comet1,496 games · 54.7 % (instead of 57.8% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
20. Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
7.9
33. Jenova, Ancient Calamity
7.4
75. Sephiroth's Intervention
6.6
76. Squall, SeeD Mercenary
6.6
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.