Cruel Alliance
Common · Sorcery
6.6GoodRank 65 of 276
59.1%Rank 46 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 best commons of the format (6.6/10).
Why. A common three-mana sorcery that exiles a creature with mana value 3 or less. With Teamwork, it exiles any creature and you gain three life.
Risks. Without Teamwork, it only handles small creatures, and it is slow. To be at its best, you must tap creatures with total power 2 or more.
In the draft. A very decent black removal spell: take it early. It becomes excellent with small creatures to pay the cost.
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 : +5.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 3 of 91
- Black: rank 7 of 39
- Cost 3: rank 22 of 80
- Average pick: 4.3 (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 copy55.4 % · 52,867 games
- 2 copies56.6 % · 21,218 games
- 3 copies58.6 % · 5,529 games
- 4 copies or more61.7 % · 935 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.5 % · 27,587 games
- Next two weeks58.0 % · 14,093 games
- After that59.5 % · 2,145 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
- Ant-Man, Colony Commander1,190 games · 57.8 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
- Hex Magic297 games · 51.5 % (instead of 47.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Machinesmith Automaton1,518 games · 47.2 % (instead of 50.2% expected)
- Gleaming Bastion1,243 games · 54.2 % (instead of 56.9% expected)
- Thor Odinson919 games · 49.6 % (instead of 52.1% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 61 %B/G · 59 %
Played in 21% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
32. Thanos, the Mad Titan
7.4
38. Cloak and Dagger, Entwined
7.2
59. The Serpent Society
6.8
63. Ares, God of War
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.