Afterthought Sentry
Common · Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
4.0WeakRank 241 of 280
52.9%Rank 203 of 271 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.2%
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 good playable, but is sometimes cut (4.0/10).
Why. A 2/2 colorless artifact creature for two that fits in any deck. For two mana it gains flying until end of turn, and each time it attacks it exiles up to one target card from a graveyard.
Risks. A 2/2 is fragile and quickly outclassed. Paying two mana every turn to fly slows down your development.
In the draft. Playable filler that goes in every deck. Take it late for the curve, and prefer a real colored two-drop if you have one.
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 : -1.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 64 of 81
- Colourless: rank 26 of 32
- Cost 2: rank 75 of 82
- Average pick: 11.2 (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.
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 copy54.7 % · 13,355 games
- 2 copies53.6 % · 1,271 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
- Frostbite Pyromental217 games · 58.5 % (instead of 51.4% expected)
- Darklight Phoenix271 games · 58.3 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
- Artifist Acumen411 games · 55.0 % (instead of 50.2% expected)
- Stinging Vitriol292 games · 56.5 % (instead of 52.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Way of the Wildspeaker1,097 games · 48.5 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
- Tethermage's Advantage404 games · 48.0 % (instead of 51.9% expected)
- Geist of Saint Thalia1,066 games · 51.8 % (instead of 55.2% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
18. The Echoverse Fulcrum
8.0
240. Medic's Kitesail
4.1
248. Living Library
3.9
257. Karn, Argent Defender
2.2
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.