Gollum, Riddle Master
Mythic · Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror
8.8BombRank 5 of 188
63.0%Rank 7 of 179 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.5%
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. A 3/1 for two mana that punishes the opponent's spells. Choose odd or even as it enters; each time the opponent casts a spell with that mana value parity, you take a mode not yet chosen: a +1/+1 counter on Gollum, drain 2 life, or a card. Each mode can only be used once.
Risks. With 1 toughness, it dies to any damage spell. Choosing the parity is a gamble, and the opponent can avoid casting spells of the wrong parity.
In the draft. A good pick in black decks. An aggressive two-drop with three free bonuses; choose the parity of the curve your opponent is most likely to play.
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 : +8.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 5 of 15
- Black: rank 1 of 27
- Cost 2: rank 1 of 55
- Average pick: 1.5 (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.
splash
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 copy58.7 % · 10,648 games
- 2 copies60.9 % · 184 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks64.6 % · 3,197 games
- Next two weeks63.1 % · 869 games
- After that62.9 % · 463 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
- Wilderland Scrounger962 games · 60.3 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
- Wood Elves882 games · 58.7 % (instead of 55.7% expected)
- Giant's Boulder780 games · 56.8 % (instead of 53.9% expected)
- Bejeweled Warg613 games · 62.5 % (instead of 59.7% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot689 games · 53.4 % (instead of 59.1% expected)
- Uneasy Partings684 games · 52.5 % (instead of 57.5% expected)
- Plunder the Trollshaws1,004 games · 53.8 % (instead of 58.4% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
16. Desolation Prowler
7.6
49. The Sackville-Bagginses
6.6
55. Inside Information
6.4
62. Goblin Plate Mail
6.2
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.