Verdant Kraken
Rare · Creature — Plant Kraken
7.4Very goodRank 33 of 280
58.3%Rank 51 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 (7.4/10).
Why. A 6/6 that creates a 3/3 green Forest Tentacle land creature token at the start of each player's upkeep: two tokens each turn cycle. The token also makes mana, and the game tips quickly.
Risks. Seven mana with three green: heavy, slow, and a removal before it does anything undoes it. It needs a very green deck.
In the draft. A finisher for a green deck, taken in the middle of the pack. One copy is enough, and you want ways to survive until turn 7.
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 : +6.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 15 of 64
- Green: rank 2 of 37
- Cost 7: rank 2 of 6
- Average pick: 1.7 (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 copy55.7 % · 13,679 games
- 2 copies56.1 % · 419 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
- Emrakul, the Exigent Doom245 games · 58.0 % (instead of 53.3% expected)
- Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes507 games · 61.1 % (instead of 56.8% expected)
- Aerid Konstrari718 games · 62.5 % (instead of 59.2% expected)
- Living Library533 games · 57.4 % (instead of 54.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Countersculpt759 games · 54.2 % (instead of 57.6% expected)
- Void Extrapolator // Omit Variables771 games · 53.6 % (instead of 56.3% expected)
- Multiply by Zero1,464 games · 54.3 % (instead of 57.1% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
78. Craftwork Crusher
6.4
123. Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
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.