Stony-Voiced Goblins
Common · Creature — Goblin Bard
5.4PlayableRank 107 of 188
55.2%Rank 88 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).
A solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.4/10).
Why. A two-mana 1/1 that makes each opponent discard a card. A one-for-one card trade and an extra small body, which can serve as fodder for other effects.
Risks. It's a 1/1, so it neither blocks nor attacks usefully. The opponent chooses the card they discard, so they generally lose their least useful one. The effect is weak late in the game, when the hand is empty.
In the draft. An acceptable black two-mana filler, especially in a deck that likes to trade its creatures. Late pick.
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 : -1.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 20 of 65
- Black: rank 24 of 27
- Cost 2: rank 34 of 55
- Average pick: 7.1 (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 copy56.6 % · 49,487 games
- 2 copies56.8 % · 23,199 games
- 3 copies56.6 % · 5,476 games
- 4 copies or more55.2 % · 1,301 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.0 % · 29,865 games
- Next two weeks54.9 % · 6,786 games
- After that55.3 % · 3,805 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
- Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll328 games · 51.5 % (instead of 46.6% expected)
- Sting, Bilbo's Sword911 games · 55.3 % (instead of 52.0% expected)
- Thorin, Mountain-king2,105 games · 61.9 % (instead of 59.0% expected)
- Old Fat Spider5,132 games · 55.3 % (instead of 54.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Lakeshore Apothecary4,090 games · 51.0 % (instead of 55.8% expected)
- Master's Councillors2,619 games · 51.8 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
- Bilbo, Thief in the Night557 games · 51.7 % (instead of 56.2% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 68 %B/R · 61 %
Played in 24% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
5. Gollum, Riddle Master
8.8
16. Desolation Prowler
7.6
49. The Sackville-Bagginses
6.6
55. Inside Information
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.