Postmortem Professor
Rare · Creature — Zombie Warlock
8.4Very goodRank 12 of 266
60.1%Rank 25 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 (8.4/10).
Why. An aggressive two-drop: each time it attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1. It returns from the graveyard to the battlefield for two mana by exiling an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard, so it keeps coming back after removal.
Risks. It cannot block, so it does nothing for you when you are under pressure. Coming back requires an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard.
In the draft. A good black pick for an aggressive deck with several instants and sorceries. In a defensive deck it loses much of its value.
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 : +4.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 8 of 60
- Black: rank 1 of 34
- Cost 2: rank 4 of 69
- 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.
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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 copy57.4 % · 24,380 games
- 2 copies59.6 % · 1,274 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.7 % · 6,021 games
- Next two weeks60.1 % · 3,194 games
- After that59.2 % · 1,964 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
- Withering Curse798 games · 61.2 % (instead of 55.8% expected)
- Lumaret's Favor1,285 games · 58.4 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Fields of Strife1,931 games · 54.6 % (instead of 58.3% expected)
- Arcane Omens1,508 games · 54.5 % (instead of 57.9% expected)
- Ascendant Dustspeaker2,331 games · 55.6 % (instead of 58.6% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
25. Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
7.6
30. Silverquill Charm
7.4
37. End of the Hunt
7.2
39. Scolding Administrator
7.1
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.