Topiary Lecturer

Uncommon · Creature — Elf Druid

Pick rating

4.9WeakRank 183 of 266

Observed strength

54.5%Rank 204 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 (4.9/10).

Why. A three-mana mana creature with Increment: it grows with your spells and taps for as much green mana as its power. It accelerates quickly toward your big spells.

Risks. It starts as a 1/2 producing one mana. It is fragile and needs expensive enough spells to grow.

In the draft. A ramp card for green decks aiming at expensive spells. Take it if your deck has big spells to cast.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game54.5 %(set average : 56.3 %)
Card in the opening hand54.2 %(set average : 54.9 %)
Card drawn during the game54.8 %(set average : 57.2 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +4.2 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)67.0 %(set average : 63.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Uncommon: rank 67 of 100
  • Green: rank 18 of 32
  • Cost 3: rank 44 of 66
  • Average pick: 6.1 (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.

13,797 games55.0 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
6,843 games51.3 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
5,357 games51.4 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
3,652 games50.8 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
470 games53.8 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
398 games47.7 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
201 games46.8 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)
132 games54.5 %(all pairs : 52.8 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand53.1 %· 2,580 games
All players, card in hand55.0 %· 14,761 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)55.8 %(set average : 58.0 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)49.8 %(set average : 52.8 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy52.6 % · 28,220 games
  • 2 copies54.4 % · 3,148 games
  • 3 copies50.0 % · 112 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks55.6 % · 9,145 games
  • Next two weeks54.4 % · 3,585 games
  • After that53.4 % · 2,031 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

Cards it wins less with

Where it is played

G/U · 30 %

Played in 5.8% of the decks of the set

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    7.6
  • Cauldron of Essence

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    6.8
  • Essenceknit Scholar

    72. Essenceknit Scholar

    6.4

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.