Gideon the Oathless
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary
6.8GoodRank 58 of 280
59.5%Rank 36 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 very good rare of the format (6.8/10).
Why. A 3/3 for three with ward, discard a card: targeting it costs the opponent. It deals one damage to the opponent whenever one of their creatures enters or they activate a loyalty ability. A good midrange creature that wears opponents down.
Risks. The passive damage is small and depends on the opponent's cards: a deck with few creatures or planeswalkers turns it off. Ward does not stop a sweeper.
In the draft. A good black three-drop that fits in several pairs. Take it fairly high, it is a solid body for the cost.
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 : +6.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 32 of 64
- Black: rank 9 of 39
- Cost 3: rank 13 of 73
- Average pick: 2.3 (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 copy56.8 % · 14,298 games
- 2 copies58.5 % · 673 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
- Eardrum Rattler580 games · 60.3 % (instead of 53.9% expected)
- Darklight Phoenix463 games · 59.8 % (instead of 55.0% expected)
- Ingris Stingerquill448 games · 60.9 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
- Koth, the Geomancer909 games · 58.3 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Proft, Consulting Detective1,314 games · 54.9 % (instead of 57.9% expected)
- Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review791 games · 53.9 % (instead of 56.8% expected)
- Greenhouse Propagator897 games · 53.0 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
4. Ingris Stingerquill
9.0
22. Vraska, the Cutting Glare
7.7
34. Vindictive Triumph
7.4
59. Sanctum Lurker
6.8
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.