Veteran Ice Climber
Uncommon · Creature — Human Scout
4.6WeakRank 207 of 271
53.8%Rank 200 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 (4.6/10).
Why. A 1/3 with vigilance that cannot be blocked: it attacks freely and still holds the ground. Each attack mills a card from a player's library, which can also feed graveyard effects of your own.
Risks. It deals very little damage, so it does not win the game alone. It is support rather than a threat and only matters in a deck that uses the graveyard.
In the draft. A late pick for a graveyard archetype. Otherwise do not take it over your better creatures.
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 : +2.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 76 of 100
- Blue: rank 26 of 34
- Cost 2: rank 49 of 65
- Average pick: 7.6 (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.
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 copy53.6 % · 28,300 games
- 2 copies52.3 % · 4,153 games
- 3 copies51.6 % · 531 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks54.4 % · 10,077 games
- Next two weeks55.0 % · 4,279 games
- After that52.9 % · 1,534 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
- Essence Anchor2,567 games · 53.1 % (instead of 49.9% expected)
- Kishla Village1,860 games · 56.3 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
- Mistrise Village569 games · 52.4 % (instead of 49.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Shock Brigade1,757 games · 50.9 % (instead of 54.5% expected)
- New Way Forward1,219 games · 48.4 % (instead of 51.0% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
22. Taigam, Master Opportunist
7.6
66. Roiling Dragonstorm
6.6
76. Glacial Dragonhunt
6.4
77. Kishla Skimmer
6.4
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.