Windcrag Siege
Rare · Enchantment
7.3Very goodRank 35 of 271
58.4%Rank 48 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 very good rare of the format (7.3/10).
Why. An enchantment with two modes, chosen as it enters. The Jeskai mode creates a 1/1 red Goblin creature token each upkeep that gains lifelink and haste until end of turn, a steady stream of value. The Mardu mode makes triggered abilities set off by an attacking creature trigger one extra time.
Risks. The Mardu mode only matters if your permanents have attack triggers, otherwise it does nothing. The Jeskai mode is no substitute for removal or a big creature.
In the draft. Take it in a red-white deck, or a three-colour deck with those two colours, mainly for the Jeskai mode. A good mid-pack pick, but not above a removal spell.
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 : +3.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 22 of 60
- Multicolour: rank 15 of 66
- Cost 3: rank 9 of 60
- Average pick: 2.0 (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.
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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 copy56.8 % · 24,271 games
- 2 copies56.7 % · 1,063 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks59.0 % · 6,622 games
- Next two weeks57.9 % · 2,992 games
- After that60.7 % · 1,054 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
- Fire-Rim Form2,233 games · 59.0 % (instead of 56.6% expected)
- Barrensteppe Siege1,104 games · 56.3 % (instead of 54.2% expected)
- Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage1,673 games · 58.7 % (instead of 57.1% expected)
- Shocking Sharpshooter6,371 games · 59.9 % (instead of 58.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Dragonstorm Globe2,279 games · 51.2 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
- Blossoming Sands1,751 games · 51.0 % (instead of 55.8% expected)
- Smile at Death527 games · 51.0 % (instead of 55.1% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
3. Sage of the Skies
9.1
21. Tersa Lightshatter
7.7
29. Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
7.4
36. Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
7.2
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.