Smile at Death
Mythic · Enchantment
6.4GoodRank 80 of 271
51.7%Rank 245 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).
It wins less than its rating suggests.
Why this gap?
The pick rating is a prior: it is for choosing a card before there are results. The observed strength comes from real games, and the win rate of a card is stable from one week to the next. The gap often comes from a card that is easy to replace at the pick but very efficient once played, from a good archetype that carries it, or from a flaw of our rating: in a set that already has many games, the results are more reliable than the rating.
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.4/10).
Why. Each upkeep, it returns up to two creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard, each with a +1/+1 counter. If the game goes long and your graveyard is full, it's an enormous value engine.
Risks. Five mana for an enchantment that does nothing the turn it arrives. You need creature cards with power 2 or less in your graveyard already, and it does nothing to the board until your next turn.
In the draft. Slow and graveyard-dependent. Only take it in a grindy deck with many small creatures, and never early.
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 : -2.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Mythic: rank 16 of 20
- White: rank 12 of 34
- Cost 5: rank 11 of 32
- Average pick: 2.4 (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 since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks52.8 % · 2,051 games
- Next two weeks50.9 % · 753 games
- After that50.2 % · 327 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
- Venerated Stormsinger948 games · 56.3 % (instead of 53.0% expected)
- Voice of Victory828 games · 58.3 % (instead of 55.3% expected)
- Barrensteppe Siege559 games · 53.5 % (instead of 50.6% expected)
- Magmatic Hellkite427 games · 57.1 % (instead of 54.3% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Swiftwater Cliffs730 games · 49.2 % (instead of 53.4% expected)
- Windcrag Siege527 games · 51.0 % (instead of 55.1% expected)
- Sultai Devotee508 games · 50.0 % (instead of 52.9% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
7. Elspeth, Storm Slayer
8.8
8. Betor, Kin to All
8.7
9. Shiko, Paragon of the Way
8.6
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.