Garruk, Veiled Butcher
Mythic · Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk
8.6BombRank 9 of 280
66.0%Rank 5 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 (8.6/10).
Why. A versatile planeswalker: the +2 gives a creature -4/-1, the minus two makes each player sacrifice a creature and gives you a 4/4 Beast with trample if you sacrificed, the minus three makes each opponent discard two cards. It also exiles opposing creatures that die.
Risks. It costs five mana with two black. The minus two makes you sacrifice too, so it wants a cheap creature to spare.
In the draft. A first pick in black. The strongest plays come with cheap creatures to sacrifice.
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 : +13.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 8 of 26
- Black: rank 1 of 39
- Cost 5: rank 2 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.
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 copy59.3 % · 8,304 games
- 2 copies66.7 % · 129 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
- Jiang Yanggu, Never Alone551 games · 63.2 % (instead of 58.7% expected)
- Sureshot Sower691 games · 61.9 % (instead of 58.7% expected)
- Marwyn, the Preserver513 games · 62.2 % (instead of 59.1% expected)
- Jace's Machinations428 games · 63.1 % (instead of 60.1% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Danitha, Spear of Agony694 games · 51.6 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
- Way of the Healer450 games · 55.8 % (instead of 59.6% expected)
- Fulminous Forte609 games · 56.7 % (instead of 59.8% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
47. Rise of the Deathbringer
7.0
86. Hapatra, the Desert Fang
6.3
96. Twisted Fates
6.2
119. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
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.