Caustic Exhale
Common · Instant
6.0PlayableRank 99 of 271
57.2%Rank 69 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. A one-mana instant giving a creature -3/-3, with an extra mana to pay unless you behold a Dragon. Cheap, fast removal that kills most small creatures and wins a combat.
Risks. It doesn't handle creatures with 4 toughness or more. Without a Dragon it costs two mana and loses some efficiency.
In the draft. A good black removal common. Take it in any black deck, even more so with a few Dragons.
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 : +3.8 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 8 of 91
- Black: rank 6 of 34
- Cost 1: rank 6 of 18
- Average pick: 4.2 (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 copy54.7 % · 91,653 games
- 2 copies55.5 % · 27,432 games
- 3 copies55.4 % · 4,528 games
- 4 copies or more58.8 % · 573 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.9 % · 37,952 games
- Next two weeks56.6 % · 16,852 games
- After that57.1 % · 6,145 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
- Stillness in Motion205 games · 52.7 % (instead of 46.7% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Cori Mountain Monastery2,869 games · 54.8 % (instead of 57.3% expected)
- Channeled Dragonfire4,454 games · 53.6 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 69 %B/G · 57 %
Played in 23% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
225. Desperate Measures
4.2
244. Worthy Cost
3.8
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.