Laelia, the Blade Reforged

Rare · Legendary Creature — Spirit Warrior

Pick rating

8.3Very goodRank 14 of 302

Observed strength

60.9%Rank 14 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).

One of the very best rares of the format (8.3/10).

Why. A 2/2 with haste that exiles the top card of your library each time it attacks, and you may play it that turn. Every exile also puts a +1/+1 counter on it: it grows every turn while feeding you cards.

Risks. It has to attack to do anything, and it can run into bigger blockers. The exiled card is lost if you cannot play it that turn.

In the draft. A very good red pick for an aggressive deck. Keep mana open to play the exiled card.

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 game60.9 %(set average : 56.2 %)
Card in the opening hand61.5 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Card drawn during the game60.4 %(set average : 56.7 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +5.0 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)95.0 %(set average : 67.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Rare: rank 7 of 78
  • Red: rank 2 of 33
  • Cost 3: rank 4 of 75
  • Average pick: 1.8 (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.

10,375 games61.4 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
4,699 games58.9 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
4,217 games55.7 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
3,019 games55.6 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
3,017 games55.5 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
2,738 games56.0 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
1,250 games56.8 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)
977 games55.4 %(all pairs : 57.5 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand60.4 %· 3,108 games
All players, card in hand60.5 %· 13,625 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)61.7 %(set average : 58.8 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.4 %(set average : 51.4 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy57.4 % · 33,162 games
  • 2 copies61.8 % · 1,239 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks60.6 % · 8,046 games
  • Next two weeks60.2 % · 4,001 games
  • After that60.8 % · 1,578 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

Cards it wins less with

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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.