Pinecone Strike
Common · Instant
6.7GoodRank 41 of 188
59.0%Rank 32 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 best commons of the format (6.7/10).
Why. A two-mana red instant that deals 3 damage to a creature and exiles it if it would die this turn. The second mode destroys an artifact token, and you can choose both. An efficient, cheap and flexible answer.
Risks. Three damage is not enough for big creatures, and the destroy mode only targets artifact tokens. It only handles medium-sized or smaller threats.
In the draft. A good common removal, to take fairly high in red. It is welcome in every red deck, which wants to control small and medium creatures cheaply.
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 : +2.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 2 of 65
- Red: rank 7 of 29
- Cost 2: rank 14 of 55
- Average pick: 3.7 (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.
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 copy56.8 % · 58,874 games
- 2 copies58.4 % · 33,282 games
- 3 copies59.6 % · 10,108 games
- 4 copies or more59.1 % · 2,157 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.1 % · 39,558 games
- Next two weeks59.6 % · 10,103 games
- After that60.5 % · 6,045 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
- Elrond, Moon-Reader226 games · 56.6 % (instead of 51.9% expected)
- Bilbo's Gambit562 games · 55.5 % (instead of 51.6% expected)
- Gandalf, Wandering Wizard978 games · 54.2 % (instead of 51.6% expected)
- Riddles in the Dark319 games · 53.6 % (instead of 51.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death151 games · 35.8 % (instead of 42.0% expected)
- The Chief Warg1,469 games · 51.6 % (instead of 56.6% expected)
- Bejeweled Warg850 games · 54.6 % (instead of 58.5% expected)
Where it is played
R/U · 74 %B/R · 69 %
Played in 32% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
6. Dáin's Company
8.7
14. Bothersome Noisemaker
7.8
28. Dwalin, Weaponmaster
7.1
57. Thorin Oakenshield
6.4
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.