A.I.M. Scientists
Common · Creature — Human Scientist Villain
5.8PlayableRank 114 of 276
56.8%Rank 99 of 273 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.8%
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 (5.8/10).
Why. A 3/3 that enters with Connive: draw then discard, with a +1/+1 counter if you discard a nonland card. If you are short on lands, you can cycle it for two mana to find a basic land.
Risks. Nothing spectacular: a 3/3 for four with no evasion. The cycling is slow and does not replace a real creature.
In the draft. An excellent filler that is never dead: a land early, a creature late. Take it for a blue deck that wants a stable curve.
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 : +1.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 15 of 91
- Blue: rank 23 of 42
- Cost 4: rank 26 of 52
- Average pick: 7.8 (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.
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 copy56.8 % · 61,513 games
- 2 copies57.7 % · 14,053 games
- 3 copies59.2 % · 1,384 games
- 4 copies or more52.0 % · 150 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks57.9 % · 24,517 games
- Next two weeks57.1 % · 12,763 games
- After that58.1 % · 2,006 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
- The Scarlet Witch247 games · 54.7 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
- Rapid Rescue3,498 games · 61.9 % (instead of 58.7% expected)
- Alien Invasion645 games · 54.4 % (instead of 52.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Ronin, Shadow Stalker1,008 games · 52.5 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
- Quicksilver, Brash Blur171 games · 49.1 % (instead of 52.1% expected)
- Black Widow, Double Agent1,511 games · 52.7 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 59 %U/W · 47 %
Played in 20% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
8. Kang the Conqueror
8.7
12. Leader, Super-Genius
8.4
70. Spider-Woman, Secret Agent
6.6
72. Trickster's Stratagem
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.