Hungry Graffalon
Common · Creature — Giraffe
1.5WeakRank 263 of 266
50.7%Rank 287 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).
Almost unplayable and mostly sideboard material (1.5/10).
Why. A four-mana 3/4 with reach that grows through Increment whenever you cast a spell that costs more than its power or toughness, so four mana or more at first. A good blocker against flyers that gains size over time.
Risks. It is slow to become a threat, since it needs expensive spells. No evasion, and removal handles it.
In the draft. A decent green filler. A late-pack pick, played if you lack a four-drop.
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 : +1.0 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 83 of 86
- Green: rank 31 of 32
- Cost 4: rank 41 of 42
- Average pick: 11.6 (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 copy51.8 % · 13,826 games
- 2 copies49.3 % · 1,477 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks51.7 % · 4,714 games
- Next two weeks51.8 % · 1,541 games
- After that48.3 % · 789 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
- Fractal Anomaly293 games · 48.8 % (instead of 43.6% expected)
- Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study1,632 games · 51.0 % (instead of 46.8% expected)
- Textbook Tabulator2,446 games · 51.6 % (instead of 47.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Dissection Practice931 games · 49.7 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
- Comforting Counsel404 games · 43.1 % (instead of 46.4% expected)
- Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood782 games · 50.1 % (instead of 52.8% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
3. Professor Dellian Fel
9.1
32. Vicious Rivalry
7.4
36. Applied Geometry
7.2
64. Pestbrood Sloth
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.