Blech, Loafing Pest
Rare · Legendary Creature — Pest
7.8Very goodRank 19 of 266
59.1%Rank 40 of 319 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.3%
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).
One of the very best rares of the format (7.8/10).
Why. A three-mana 3/4 that blocks and attacks well. Whenever you gain life, it puts a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake and Spider you control, itself included.
Risks. Without lifegain it is just a sturdy body. It needs black and green, so you must be in that pair.
In the draft. A decent pick for a black-green deck with lifegain. Otherwise it is playable for the body but no more.
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 : +7.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 14 of 60
- Multicolour: rank 6 of 77
- Cost 3: rank 6 of 66
- Average pick: 2.5 (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.
splash
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 copy55.1 % · 17,358 games
- 2 copies58.0 % · 1,257 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.8 % · 4,623 games
- Next two weeks58.0 % · 2,219 games
- After that59.3 % · 1,308 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
- Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth1,030 games · 62.4 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
- Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor791 games · 60.8 % (instead of 56.5% expected)
- Scathing Shadelock // Venomous Words1,799 games · 57.4 % (instead of 53.5% expected)
- Dina's Guidance352 games · 52.0 % (instead of 48.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight969 games · 47.8 % (instead of 51.7% expected)
- Pterafractyl1,288 games · 49.4 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
- Lecturing Scornmage1,320 games · 54.1 % (instead of 57.4% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
18. Moseo, Vein's New Dean
7.9
23. Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
7.6
52. Cauldron of Essence
6.8
59. Withering Curse
6.6
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.