Utter Insignificance
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Utter Insignificance

Common · Enchantment — Aura

Pick rating

5.0PlayableRank 205 of 302

Observed strength

54.7%Rank 170 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 playable that rarely gets cut (5.0/10).

Why. A two-mana Aura with flash that strips all abilities from a creature and makes its base power and toughness 1/1. For three mana including a colorless one, it exiles the creature. It is flexible removal, even in response to an attack.

Risks. The creature stays on the battlefield until you pay for the exile, which needs colorless mana. Counters or bonuses already on the target survive the 1/1 base.

In the draft. A decent backup removal for blue. Take it when you are short on answers, after your better cards.

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 game54.7 %(set average : 56.2 %)
Card in the opening hand51.2 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Card drawn during the game56.9 %(set average : 56.7 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +2.3 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)61.0 %(set average : 67.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 60 of 80
  • Blue: rank 18 of 30
  • Cost 2: rank 62 of 86
  • Average pick: 8.7 (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.

33,023 games54.1 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
17,462 games54.8 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
16,740 games52.3 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
10,164 games54.5 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
8,415 games51.3 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
6,587 games52.0 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
2,619 games48.1 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)
1,611 games49.3 %(all pairs : 53.1 %)

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 hand53.9 %· 9,775 games
All players, card in hand54.2 %· 48,777 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)56.8 %(set average : 58.8 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)49.5 %(set average : 51.4 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy53.1 % · 79,877 games
  • 2 copies53.4 % · 19,327 games
  • 3 copies51.5 % · 2,049 games
  • 4 copies or more50.4 % · 230 games

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

  • First two weeks54.4 % · 28,583 games
  • Next two weeks53.7 % · 14,451 games
  • After that54.2 % · 5,743 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

U/W · 44 %G/U · 41 %

Played in 14% 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.