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Thorin's Last Stand

Common · Instant

Pick rating

2.0WeakRank 182 of 188

Observed strength

48.8%Rank 172 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).

Not good filler and often gets cut (2.0/10).

Why. A modal instant for four mana, two of them white. One mode gives +2/+1 to all your creatures until end of turn, which can turn a combat or finish a game; the other destroys an artifact or enchantment and gains you 2 life.

Risks. The first mode is worth nothing without several creatures, and the second depends on the opposing target. It doesn't replace real removal and can rot in hand.

In the draft. A filler card in a white deck with lots of small creatures. Don't take it over your creatures; it goes up slightly if you see opposing artifacts.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game48.8 %(set average : 56.5 %)

Card in the opening hand45.2 %(set average : 55.7 %)

Card drawn during the game50.8 %(set average : 57.0 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -1.8 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)6.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

Common: rank 60 of 65
White: rank 26 of 28
Cost 4: rank 31 of 31
Average pick: 11.6 (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.