Crimson Operative

Common · Artifact Creature — Human Villain

Pick rating

4.2WeakRank 226 of 276

Observed strength

54.2%Rank 175 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).

A good playable, but is sometimes cut (4.2/10).

Why. A three-power artifact creature with prowess for four mana. When it enters, it exiles the top card of your library and you may play it until the end of your next turn: a body with a little value.

Risks. Two toughness dies easily, and the exiled card is lost if you cannot play it in time.

In the draft. A decent red common that replaces itself. Good filler, especially in decks with noncreature spells.

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 game54.2 %(set average : 56.8 %)
Card in the opening hand52.2 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Card drawn during the game55.5 %(set average : 57.5 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +0.9 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)58.0 %(set average : 63.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 58 of 91
  • Red: rank 24 of 37
  • Cost 4: rank 46 of 52
  • Average pick: 9.0 (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.

13,076 games53.3 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
8,419 games52.4 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
7,689 games55.2 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
3,675 games54.1 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
1,162 games53.2 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
918 games50.5 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
788 games56.2 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)
778 games53.5 %(all pairs : 53.8 %)

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 hand53.3 %· 5,876 games
All players, card in hand54.4 %· 20,073 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)57.0 %(set average : 58.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)50.5 %(set average : 53.6 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy53.7 % · 26,858 games
  • 2 copies53.8 % · 9,928 games
  • 3 copies54.5 % · 2,100 games
  • 4 copies or more55.9 % · 238 games

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

  • First two weeks54.7 % · 12,775 games
  • Next two weeks53.8 % · 6,296 games
  • After that54.0 % · 1,002 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

R/U · 57 %B/R · 51 %

Played in 11% 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.