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Kotis, the Fangkeeper

Rare · Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior

Pick rating

5.1PlayableRank 172 of 271

Observed strength

53.0%Rank 217 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).

A solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.1/10).

Why. A four-mana indestructible 2/1 that, on connecting, exiles cards from the top of the defender's library and lets you cast spells from among them for free, up to the damage dealt in mana value. When it hits, it can swing the game.

Risks. It needs exactly three colours, and a 2/1 with no evasion is easy to block: indestructible keeps it alive, not unblocked. Its damage stays low.

In the draft. Only for a deck that is already blue-black-green. Not an early pick: everything rests on it connecting with the player.

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 game53.0 %(set average : 56.0 %)

Card in the opening hand51.2 %(set average : 54.9 %)

Card drawn during the game54.2 %(set average : 56.7 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +2.5 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)73.0 %(set average : 65.0 %)

Its place in the set

Rare: rank 56 of 60
Multicolour: rank 48 of 66
Cost 4: rank 22 of 44
Average pick: 4.0 (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.