Depth Defiler
Uncommon · Creature — Eldrazi
7.2Very goodRank 41 of 302
59.7%Rank 26 of 298 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 solid uncommon of the format (7.2/10).
Why. A solid 3/5 that when cast bounces a creature or has a target player draw two cards then discard one. With an extra colourless mana (kicker), you do both.
Risks. The bounce mode is tempo, not removal, and the kicker needs a specific colourless mana. Five mana is slow if you are already behind.
In the draft. A good blue pick: a solid body that replaces itself. Look for colourless mana sources to turn on the kicker.
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 : +6.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 10 of 120
- Colourless: rank 10 of 85
- Cost 5: rank 1 of 17
- Average pick: 3.5 (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.
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 copy55.2 % · 69,268 games
- 2 copies57.8 % · 9,948 games
- 3 copies59.9 % · 753 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.1 % · 21,697 games
- Next two weeks59.3 % · 11,292 games
- After that59.2 % · 4,007 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
- Buried Alive431 games · 59.4 % (instead of 50.0% expected)
- Breya, Etherium Shaper326 games · 53.7 % (instead of 50.4% expected)
- Chthonian Nightmare2,718 games · 57.8 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Smelted Chargebug4,167 games · 51.7 % (instead of 56.7% expected)
- Voidpouncer5,854 games · 51.7 % (instead of 55.7% expected)
- The Hunger Tide Rises1,391 games · 48.5 % (instead of 52.5% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 28 %G/U · 28 %
Played in 10% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
43. Spawn-Gang Commander
7.2
45. Titans' Vanguard
7.1
105. Territory Culler
6.2
141. Unfathomable Truths
5.7
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.