Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor

Mythic · Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Pick rating

8.8BombRank 7 of 276

Observed strength

58.4%Rank 63 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).

It wins less than its rating suggests.

Why this gap?

The pick rating is a prior: it is for choosing a card before there are results. The observed strength comes from real games, and the win rate of a card is stable from one week to the next. The gap often comes from a card that is easy to replace at the pick but very efficient once played, from a good archetype that carries it, or from a flaw of our rating: in a set that already has many games, the results are more reliable than the rating.

One of the 10 best cards of the set (8.8/10).

Why. Removal that stays on the battlefield: 4 damage to a creature on entering, then it doubles damage from the equipped creature and equips for one mana onto a worthy creature. You can also discard it from hand to deal 2 damage to each creature.

Risks. Only red and/or white legendary non-Villains are worthy, so without them the Equipment sits idle. The sweep hits your own creatures too and costs three.

In the draft. A bomb in a red deck with legendary white or red creatures, take it early. In another deck it is still good red removal, but no longer a top 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 game58.4 %(set average : 56.8 %)
Card in the opening hand56.3 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Card drawn during the game59.8 %(set average : 57.5 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +6.4 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)87.0 %(set average : 63.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Mythic: rank 6 of 25
  • Red: rank 2 of 37
  • Cost 4: rank 2 of 52
  • Average pick: 1.5 (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.

1,951 games54.7 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)
1,272 games55.0 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)
857 games57.1 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)

splash

759 games55.7 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)
701 games54.6 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)
402 games53.2 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)
346 games54.9 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)

splash

308 games53.9 %(all pairs : 55.2 %)

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 hand58.5 %· 920 games
All players, card in hand59.7 %· 3,564 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)57.2 %(set average : 58.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.3 %(set average : 53.6 %)

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

  • First two weeks60.2 % · 2,254 games
  • Next two weeks57.6 % · 1,163 games
  • After that68.7 % · 147 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

Other cards of the same cost and colours

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    3. Avengers: Under Siege

    9.1
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  • Daredevil, Man Without Fear

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    6.8
  • Abomination, Terrifying Titan

    87. Abomination, Terrifying Titan

    6.2

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.