Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel
Uncommon · Legendary Creature — Human Hero Villain
5.6PlayableRank 142 of 276
55.8%Rank 131 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 (5.6/10).
Why. A two-mana 2/2 that rewards Equipment: an equipped creature that attacks connives, filtering your hand and growing. It also attaches an Equipment to one of your creatures each time another Villain arrives.
Risks. Without Equipment or Villains it is just a 2/2. The trigger also needs an equipped creature to attack, which exposes it to blockers.
In the draft. A build-around for decks with Equipment and Villains. Otherwise a late 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.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +2.7 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 43 of 100
- Black: rank 15 of 39
- Cost 2: rank 37 of 63
- Average pick: 7.9 (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 copy54.4 % · 15,844 games
- 2 copies55.0 % · 1,929 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.4 % · 4,810 games
- Next two weeks55.3 % · 3,036 games
- After that54.5 % · 404 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
- Volcanic Villain520 games · 56.0 % (instead of 48.1% expected)
- Evil's Thrall312 games · 56.7 % (instead of 49.4% expected)
- Luke Cage, Power Man637 games · 56.4 % (instead of 51.8% expected)
- Baron Helmut Zemo1,053 games · 53.8 % (instead of 49.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Scientist Supreme of A.I.M.371 games · 46.4 % (instead of 50.4% expected)
- We Say Thee Nay!1,823 games · 52.7 % (instead of 56.1% expected)
- Undercover Skrull961 games · 52.5 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 49 %
Played in 4.9% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
13. The Ruinous Wrecking Crew
8.3
35. Dark Deed
7.3
43. Black Widow, Super Spy
7.0
58. Winter Soldier, Icy Assassin
6.8
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.