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Rare · Instant
6.6GoodRank 73 of 302
56.3%Rank 103 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 very good rare of the format (6.6/10).
Why. An instant that targets a spell and flips a coin: if you lose, the spell is countered; if you win, you gain control of it and may choose new targets. When it lands well, you steal a big spell; otherwise you get a plain counterspell.
Risks. It needs two blue and a red mana and you must keep mana open. The coin flip makes the result random, and a counterspell does nothing against creatures already on the battlefield.
In the draft. Reserved for blue-red decks that like counterspells. Take it late; it is a playable rather than a first-choice tool.
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 : +5.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 25 of 78
- Multicolour: rank 11 of 39
- Cost 3: rank 16 of 75
- Average pick: 5.1 (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.
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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 copy53.1 % · 20,452 games
- 2 copies52.3 % · 2,313 games
- 3 copies57.1 % · 126 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.9 % · 6,094 games
- Next two weeks55.8 % · 3,161 games
- After that54.8 % · 1,130 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
- Breya, Etherium Shaper256 games · 54.7 % (instead of 47.8% expected)
- Consign to Memory893 games · 53.0 % (instead of 48.6% expected)
- Archway of Innovation258 games · 47.7 % (instead of 44.4% expected)
- Triton Wavebreaker1,253 games · 50.0 % (instead of 46.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Wheel of Potential150 games · 38.7 % (instead of 47.0% expected)
- Molten Gatekeeper2,158 games · 47.4 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
- Siege Smash1,208 games · 50.3 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
Where it is played
R/U · 26 %
Played in 3.1% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
5. Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
8.9
13. Nadu, Winged Wisdom
8.4
14. Laelia, the Blade Reforged
8.3
26. Detective's Phoenix
7.6
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.