Garruk, Curse Breaker

Mythic · Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk

Pick rating

8.8BombRank 6 of 280

Observed strength

65.6%Rank 7 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).

One of the 10 best cards of the set (8.8/10).

Why. The minus three makes a 4/4 green Beast creature token with trample, and the static ability draws a card whenever a creature with power 4 or greater enters under your control. The +2 untaps up to two lands so you can double-spell.

Risks. It needs two green mana and a deck with big creatures for the card draw. The Beast is its only protection, and an attack can need more than that.

In the draft. A high pick in green. Look for creatures with power 4 or more to trigger the draw.

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 game65.6 %(set average : 56.2 %)
Card in the opening hand63.9 %(set average : 54.8 %)
Card drawn during the game66.6 %(set average : 57.0 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +12.6 win-rate points

Its place in the set

  • Mythic: rank 6 of 26
  • Green: rank 1 of 37
  • Cost 5: rank 1 of 23
  • Average pick: 1.6 (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.

1,971 games60.2 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
1,404 games59.1 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
1,107 games63.5 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
995 games57.5 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
460 games59.8 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
406 games59.4 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
364 games60.7 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)
255 games54.9 %(all pairs : 59.3 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand66.4 %· 467 games
All players, card in hand65.4 %· 3,773 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)61.5 %(set average : 57.7 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)57.0 %(set average : 53.1 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy59.2 % · 7,812 games
  • 2 copies61.8 % · 123 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

  • Hungering Puppetbeast

    35. Hungering Puppetbeast

    7.4
  • Hapatra, the Desert Fang

    86. Hapatra, the Desert Fang

    6.3
  • Edgar, Moonlit Sovereign

    116. Edgar, Moonlit Sovereign

    5.8
  • Way of the Wildspeaker

    128. Way of the Wildspeaker

    5.8

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.