Borough Backup
Common · Sorcery
6.1PlayableRank 99 of 276
57.9%Rank 65 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 (6.1/10).
Why. A five-mana sorcery that creates two 3/2 white Hero creature tokens with vigilance. Thanks to basic landcycling you can also discard it for two mana to fetch a basic land: never a dead card.
Risks. It is slow: the tokens cannot attack the turn you cast it. A sweeper kills both tokens.
In the draft. A good, flexible white common, worth taking fairly high; it also keeps you from missing land drops early.
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 : +1.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 10 of 91
- White: rank 22 of 42
- Cost 5: rank 14 of 25
- Average pick: 6.0 (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 copy57.4 % · 79,111 games
- 2 copies58.6 % · 22,602 games
- 3 copies59.1 % · 3,078 games
- 4 copies or more53.9 % · 271 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.3 % · 34,262 games
- Next two weeks57.2 % · 16,771 games
- After that56.5 % · 2,713 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
- Hire a Crew558 games · 55.0 % (instead of 50.6% expected)
- Quicksilver, Brash Blur647 games · 55.8 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
- Super Speed848 games · 54.4 % (instead of 51.3% expected)
- Fin Fang Foom1,159 games · 57.1 % (instead of 54.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord1,866 games · 50.4 % (instead of 55.4% expected)
- Ant-Man, Colony Commander1,861 games · 50.8 % (instead of 55.5% expected)
Where it is played
U/W · 64 %R/W · 61 %
Played in 27% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
1. Captain Marvel, Earth's Protector
9.4
5. Avengers Assemble!
8.9
11. The Super Hero Civil War
8.5
162. Captain Mar-Vell, Space-Born
5.2
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.