Melancholic Poet
Common · Creature — Elf Bard
5.3PlayableRank 154 of 266
56.0%Rank 150 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).
A solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.3/10).
Why. A two-mana black 2/2 whose Repartee drains each opponent for 1 and gains you 1 life whenever you cast an instant or sorcery that targets a creature. A small body that is useful for Infusion and for incremental pressure.
Risks. The effect is small and relies on your targeting spells. Without them it is a plain 2/2.
In the draft. A good support two-drop for black decks with life gain, especially white-black. Take it at a mid 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 : -0.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 32 of 86
- Black: rank 20 of 34
- Cost 2: rank 41 of 69
- Average pick: 7.2 (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 copy55.6 % · 56,171 games
- 2 copies57.5 % · 20,360 games
- 3 copies58.0 % · 4,087 games
- 4 copies or more56.9 % · 806 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.7 % · 21,937 games
- Next two weeks56.3 % · 11,835 games
- After that56.3 % · 7,459 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
- Biblioplex Tomekeeper457 games · 50.5 % (instead of 47.8% expected)
- Fix What's Broken1,514 games · 53.0 % (instead of 51.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Together as One1,991 games · 53.4 % (instead of 59.0% expected)
- Fields of Strife4,526 games · 51.8 % (instead of 57.0% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 63 %B/G · 32 %
Played in 15% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
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25. Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
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30. Silverquill Charm
7.4
37. End of the Hunt
7.2
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.