Lyra, Tolarian Archangel
Rare · Legendary Creature — Angel Wizard
8.7BombRank 8 of 280
61.1%Rank 23 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 (8.7/10).
Why. A three mana 3/3 flyer: an excellent body on its own. It also makes a 3/3 blue Angel creature token with flying if you drew three cards in a turn, and its five mana activation draws two cards whenever it hits a player.
Risks. Two blue mana by turn 3. The Angel depends on your card draw, and ordinary removal kills it.
In the draft. A high pick in blue. It is playable even without card draw: the body alone makes it good.
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 : +8.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 1 of 64
- Blue: rank 2 of 39
- Cost 3: rank 2 of 73
- Average pick: 1.9 (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 copy57.4 % · 16,359 games
- 2 copies58.1 % · 720 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
- Eye of Jace470 games · 58.1 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
- Kindred Judgment802 games · 63.7 % (instead of 60.2% expected)
- Prophesied End1,339 games · 59.1 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
- Generous Revival1,406 games · 59.8 % (instead of 57.7% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- The Echoverse Fulcrum428 games · 51.9 % (instead of 59.1% expected)
- Chandra, Torch of Defiance357 games · 52.7 % (instead of 59.2% expected)
- Pia, Determined Rebuilder1,042 games · 52.9 % (instead of 57.6% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
15. Chandra, Chill of Compliance
8.2
16. Seasoned Cryomancer
8.1
50. Vraska, Soul of Stone
7.0
56. Cruel Calculations
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.