Wakandan Royal Guard
Common · Creature — Human Soldier Hero
4.8WeakRank 200 of 276
55.3%Rank 150 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 solid playable that rarely gets cut (4.8/10).
Why. A five-mana 4/4 with vigilance that puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it enters, two if it is another Hero. It attacks and defends, and improves your best creature.
Risks. Five mana for a body with no immediate board effect. The best bonus needs another Hero.
In the draft. A good common for green decks, especially green-white. A good pick if you have Heroes.
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 : +0.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 49 of 91
- Green: rank 31 of 37
- Cost 5: rank 22 of 25
- Average pick: 9.6 (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 copy55.8 % · 35,031 games
- 2 copies55.5 % · 6,202 games
- 3 copies52.1 % · 447 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.4 % · 11,784 games
- Next two weeks55.9 % · 5,937 games
- After that56.1 % · 882 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
- Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor610 games · 58.4 % (instead of 54.8% expected)
- Quicksilver, Brash Blur188 games · 54.3 % (instead of 50.8% expected)
- Kree Commandos953 games · 56.2 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring813 games · 51.4 % (instead of 57.4% expected)
- Speedball, New Warrior711 games · 49.1 % (instead of 51.9% expected)
Where it is played
G/W · 54 %G/R · 44 %
Played in 11% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
4. The Coming of Galactus
9.0
44. Ka-Zar of the Savage Land
7.0
85. World War Hulk
6.3
92. Hulk, Gamma Goliath
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.