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Common · Creature — Vedalken Wizard

Pick rating

6.4GoodRank 87 of 302

Observed strength

58.7%Rank 46 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 (6.4/10).

Why. A three-mana 2/2 that draws a card and scries 2 when it enters. The body replaces itself and helps you sort your draws. It is a safe value play.

Risks. It has no ability on the board. The 2/2 is a small body that wins no combat.

In the draft. A good blue common for almost every blue deck. Take it as a safe playable.

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 game58.7 %(set average : 56.2 %)
Card in the opening hand56.6 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Card drawn during the game60.0 %(set average : 56.7 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +4.8 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)84.0 %(set average : 67.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 14 of 80
  • Blue: rank 6 of 30
  • Cost 3: rank 21 of 75
  • Average pick: 6.6 (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.

37,355 games56.3 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
32,642 games54.2 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
18,241 games55.5 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
18,208 games57.3 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
15,696 games54.9 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
14,794 games55.0 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
4,295 games49.9 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)
3,885 games53.0 %(all pairs : 55.1 %)

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 hand57.9 %· 20,544 games
All players, card in hand57.6 %· 80,533 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)59.0 %(set average : 58.8 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)51.3 %(set average : 51.4 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy54.4 % · 102,027 games
  • 2 copies56.3 % · 39,643 games
  • 3 copies57.6 % · 9,493 games
  • 4 copies or more58.8 % · 2,087 games

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

  • First two weeks57.5 % · 45,029 games
  • Next two weeks57.7 % · 25,872 games
  • After that58.2 % · 9,632 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

Where it is played

B/U · 68 %R/U · 66 %

Played in 20% of the decks of the set

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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.