Warden of the Grove
Rare · Creature — Hydra
8.0Very goodRank 17 of 271
61.3%Rank 12 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 very best rares of the format (8.0/10).
Why. A 2/2 that gets a +1/+1 counter at each of your end steps, and makes every other nontoken creature you control endure X as it enters, where X is the number of counters on it. Played early, each creature that follows arrives with counters or a white Spirit creature token.
Risks. At first it is a 2/2 that dies to any removal. If you have no nontoken creatures to play afterwards, the effect stays small.
In the draft. Very good in green with a creature-heavy curve. Plan it as a turn-three play; it is worse in a deck full of spells.
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 : +9.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 8 of 60
- Green: rank 1 of 34
- Cost 3: rank 3 of 60
- Average pick: 1.4 (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 by number of copies in the deck
- 1 copy56.2 % · 28,748 games
- 2 copies56.5 % · 848 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks60.8 % · 8,232 games
- Next two weeks61.8 % · 3,680 games
- After that59.6 % · 1,389 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
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan1,071 games · 58.4 % (instead of 53.6% expected)
- Mistrise Village341 games · 56.6 % (instead of 52.3% expected)
- Betor, Kin to All955 games · 60.0 % (instead of 56.6% expected)
- Yathan Roadwatcher1,582 games · 59.2 % (instead of 56.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Salt Road Packbeast2,316 games · 53.9 % (instead of 57.6% expected)
- Narset's Rebuke3,245 games · 53.8 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
- Riling Dawnbreaker // Signaling Roar2,128 games · 53.7 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
20. Surrak, Elusive Hunter
7.8
38. Temur Battlecrier
7.2
40. Awaken the Honored Dead
7.1
56. Songcrafter Mage
6.8
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.