Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain
6.0PlayableRank 108 of 276
54.1%Rank 179 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.
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. A solid 3/5 for four that, at the beginning of your first main phase and until your next turn, becomes a copy of a creature of your choice on the battlefield or in a graveyard. It adapts to the game: flying, size or a useful ability, depending on what is out there.
Risks. Blue-black gold, so harder to cast. With no good target it stays a 3/5, and your opponent sees the chosen copy before responding.
In the draft. Take it in a blue-black deck, after your good removal. The more strong creatures on the table or in graveyards, the better it gets.
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 : +2.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 42 of 60
- Multicolour: rank 27 of 44
- Cost 4: rank 24 of 52
- Average pick: 4.4 (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.
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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 copy53.1 % · 9,695 games
- 2 copies55.4 % · 437 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.0 % · 2,973 games
- Next two weeks53.7 % · 1,574 games
- After that51.6 % · 225 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
- M.O.D.O.K.583 games · 59.7 % (instead of 55.1% expected)
- Rewrite History469 games · 52.2 % (instead of 47.7% expected)
- Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord1,983 games · 55.3 % (instead of 50.9% expected)
- Too Evil to Stay Dead889 games · 53.9 % (instead of 49.6% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Kit547 games · 49.0 % (instead of 54.7% expected)
- Iron Lad, Diverging Destiny638 games · 47.5 % (instead of 51.8% expected)
- Raft Security Officer646 games · 51.4 % (instead of 54.9% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
3. Avengers: Under Siege
9.1
8. Kang the Conqueror
8.7
10. Elektra, Daughter of the Hand
8.6
12. Leader, Super-Genius
8.4
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.