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Ghost, Spectral Saboteur

Uncommon · Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain

Pick rating

4.2WeakRank 235 of 276

Observed strength

52.4%Rank 217 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 2/2 with flash that can't be blocked. Cast it at the end of the opponent's turn or to ambush an attacker, then it chips in every turn whatever the opposing board looks like.

Risks. Only two power, so the clock is slow, and it blocks no better than a plain 2/2. It does nothing else, so it needs a deck that wins through pressure.

In the draft. Honest filler for aggressive or tempo decks. The hybrid cost means it fits in either of its two colours, which makes it easy to include. Not a priority pick.

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 game52.4 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Card in the opening hand50.8 %(set average : 55.6 %)

Card drawn during the game53.5 %(set average : 57.5 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +1.4 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)36.0 %(set average : 63.0 %)

Its place in the set

Uncommon: rank 85 of 100
Multicolour: rank 41 of 44
Cost 3: rank 69 of 80
Average pick: 8.4 (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.