Shiko, Paragon of the Way
Mythic · Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
8.6BombRank 9 of 271
62.7%Rank 9 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).
One of the 10 best cards of the set (8.6/10).
Why. A 4/5 flier with vigilance that replays a spell. When it enters, you exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard, copy it, then may cast the copy for free: a removal spell or a good play comes back.
Risks. Six mana and three colours. With no target in your graveyard, you only have a 4/5 flier, fine but expensive.
In the draft. A good choice for white-blue-red decks. Look for efficient cheap instants and sorceries so that the enter trigger gives a result.
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 : +11.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 7 of 20
- Multicolour: rank 5 of 66
- Cost 5: rank 3 of 32
- Average pick: 1.6 (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 copy57.3 % · 15,276 games
- 2 copies55.2 % · 181 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks63.2 % · 4,207 games
- Next two weeks64.7 % · 2,107 games
- After that61.1 % · 625 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
- Call the Spirit Dragons201 games · 58.7 % (instead of 50.0% expected)
- Breaching Dragonstorm1,279 games · 57.7 % (instead of 54.0% expected)
- Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon808 games · 60.4 % (instead of 56.7% expected)
- Eshki Dragonclaw1,163 games · 61.0 % (instead of 58.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Underfoot Underdogs810 games · 54.4 % (instead of 58.4% expected)
- Fortress Kin-Guard1,868 games · 55.2 % (instead of 58.7% expected)
- Scoured Barrens1,515 games · 53.7 % (instead of 57.1% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
7. Elspeth, Storm Slayer
8.8
8. Betor, Kin to All
8.7
12. Teval, Arbiter of Virtue
8.4
13. All-Out Assault
8.3
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.