Absorbing Man
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Villain
7.6Very goodRank 23 of 276
60.0%Rank 31 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).
One of the very best rares of the format (7.6/10).
Why. A 4/4 with vigilance for three, an excellent rate. Each turn it can also copy an artifact, non-Aura enchantment or land while keeping its 4/4 body, gaining a useful ability.
Risks. It needs green and blue, and it is legendary. With no targets to copy it is just a 4/4 with vigilance, which is already fine.
In the draft. A good pick for blue-green, take it fairly high. The body alone justifies the 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.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +5.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 10 of 60
- Multicolour: rank 6 of 44
- Cost 3: rank 2 of 80
- Average pick: 3.6 (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.
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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 copy57.4 % · 13,823 games
- 2 copies59.2 % · 983 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.5 % · 3,959 games
- Next two weeks59.6 % · 2,347 games
- After that64.5 % · 355 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
- Titania, Rugged Rumbler1,172 games · 59.6 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu507 games · 58.2 % (instead of 54.8% expected)
- A.I.M. Synthoids1,207 games · 57.8 % (instead of 54.7% expected)
- Powerful Broker1,146 games · 58.3 % (instead of 55.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Rewrite History330 games · 47.3 % (instead of 52.0% expected)
- Red Room Recruit876 games · 53.0 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes832 games · 56.0 % (instead of 58.7% expected)
Where it is played
G/U · 25 %
Played in 3.9% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
26. King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
7.6
28. Epic Fight
7.4
33. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster
7.4
39. Justice, Vance Astrovik
7.2
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.