Arni, Renowned Champion

Uncommon · Legendary Creature — Human Berserker

Pick rating

4.4WeakRank 219 of 280

Observed strength

46.2%Rank 269 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).

It wins less than its rating suggests.

Why this gap?

The pick rating is a prior: it is for choosing a card before there are results. The observed strength comes from real games, and the win rate of a card is stable from one week to the next. The gap often comes from a card that is easy to replace at the pick but very efficient once played, from a good archetype that carries it, or from a flaw of our rating: in a set that already has many games, the results are more reliable than the rating.

A good playable, but is sometimes cut (4.4/10).

Why. A 1/5 trampler, good at blocking. Whenever another creature enters it gets +X/+0 where X is that creature's power: a brutal attack if you cast a big creature precombat.

Risks. Its base power is 1 and it only attacks well after you've deployed a creature. On its own it threatens almost nothing.

In the draft. Usually avoid. It only fits a red deck with big creatures. Late pick.

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 game46.2 %(set average : 56.2 %)
Card in the opening hand44.5 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game47.3 %(set average : 57.0 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -3.5 win-rate points

Its place in the set

  • Uncommon: rank 97 of 109
  • Red: rank 33 of 40
  • Cost 4: rank 33 of 37
  • Average pick: 10.4 (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.

2,255 games50.6 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)
805 games49.1 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)
746 games50.5 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)
372 games45.2 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)
164 games50.0 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)
163 games47.9 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)
150 games45.3 %(all pairs : 49.4 %)

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)51.6 %(set average : 57.7 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)47.1 %(set average : 53.1 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy49.4 % · 4,728 games
  • 2 copies51.2 % · 203 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

Cards it wins less with

Other cards of the same cost and colours

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    1. Chandra, Torch of Defiance

    9.4
  • Aerid Konstrari

    12. Aerid Konstrari

    8.4
  • Curse-Marred Demon

    27. Curse-Marred Demon

    7.5
  • Warrior's Blades

    72. Warrior's Blades

    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.