Nyxborn Hydra
Common · Enchantment Creature — Hydra
6.0PlayableRank 115 of 302
56.2%Rank 106 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. A flexible card: cast with X it is a creature with reach and trample that enters with X +1/+1 counters. With bestow it is an Aura giving +1/+1 per counter, reach and trample to a creature, and it becomes a creature again if the host goes away.
Risks. At low X it is a small creature, and bestow costs one more green mana. It needs two green mana for bestow.
In the draft. A good pick in green, playable in nearly every green deck. It fits any curve: take it mid-pack.
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 : +1.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 19 of 80
- Green: rank 14 of 32
- Cost 1: rank 13 of 31
- Average pick: 6.3 (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 % · 109,809 games
- 2 copies55.8 % · 27,290 games
- 3 copies56.1 % · 3,489 games
- 4 copies or more51.2 % · 426 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.2 % · 36,880 games
- Next two weeks56.0 % · 18,569 games
- After that56.4 % · 6,788 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
- Argent Dais366 games · 56.6 % (instead of 51.7% expected)
- Emerald Medallion333 games · 48.0 % (instead of 43.4% expected)
- Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy386 games · 55.4 % (instead of 51.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Kami of Jealous Thirst4,044 games · 49.6 % (instead of 53.4% expected)
Where it is played
G/R · 60 %B/G · 51 %
Played in 18% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
33. Horrific Assault
7.4
49. Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm
7.0
65. Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
6.8
67. Sylvan Safekeeper
6.6
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.