Arashin Sunshield
Common · Creature — Human Warrior
3.2WeakRank 246 of 271
51.2%Rank 257 of 274 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.0%
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).
Filler card but sometimes gets cut (3.2/10).
Why. A 3/4 for four that can tap a target creature for one white mana each turn. The ability makes it a good combat controller, and the toughness blocks well.
Risks. It taps itself to use the ability, so it neither attacks nor blocks that turn, and it cannot use it the turn it arrives. It has no evasion, and the graveyard exile is mostly incidental.
In the draft. A playable mid-pack in white, especially red-white. Take it when you need a solid body with some utility.
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 : -3.0 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 77 of 91
- White: rank 32 of 34
- Cost 4: rank 38 of 44
- Average pick: 11.7 (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 copy53.3 % · 15,878 games
- 2 copies54.3 % · 1,158 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks52.3 % · 5,273 games
- Next two weeks50.9 % · 1,433 games
- After that50.0 % · 418 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
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan732 games · 53.8 % (instead of 50.8% expected)
- Summit Intimidator1,722 games · 54.2 % (instead of 51.4% expected)
- Avenger of the Fallen866 games · 55.0 % (instead of 52.3% expected)
- Adorned Crocodile885 games · 54.0 % (instead of 51.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Thunder of Unity998 games · 49.1 % (instead of 52.7% expected)
- Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek1,049 games · 49.5 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
- Snakeskin Veil1,145 games · 50.0 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
19. Revival of the Ancestors
7.9
25. Neriv, Heart of the Storm
7.6
34. Inevitable Defeat
7.4
45. Mardu Siegebreaker
7.0
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.