Benevolent River Spirit
Uncommon · Creature — Spirit
6.6GoodRank 63 of 281
57.1%Rank 84 of 279 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.2%
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 uncommon of the format (6.6/10).
Why. A 4/5 flier with ward 2 that scries 2 when it enters, for two blue mana plus the waterbend 5 additional cost, paid by tapping creatures or artifacts, or with mana.
Risks. The additional cost is very heavy: it taps down your permanents until your next turn, or costs seven mana in total. It is fragile against removal that gets through the ward.
In the draft. A good pick for blue decks that want to win in the air. It is better with plenty of small creatures or artifacts to tap.
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 : +2.4 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 20 of 110
- Blue: rank 9 of 40
- Cost 2: rank 16 of 74
- Average pick: 4.9 (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 copy56.5 % · 51,252 games
- 2 copies57.6 % · 6,815 games
- 3 copies60.0 % · 488 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.5 % · 15,478 games
- Next two weeks57.8 % · 7,821 games
- After that57.7 % · 5,351 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
- Secret of Bloodbending460 games · 55.4 % (instead of 49.4% expected)
- Price of Freedom310 games · 56.8 % (instead of 52.2% expected)
- Trusty Boomerang220 games · 54.5 % (instead of 51.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Rabaroo Troop1,529 games · 52.1 % (instead of 55.2% expected)
- Fire Nation Attacks1,845 games · 54.3 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
- Walltop Sentries3,162 games · 53.8 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 28 %U/W · 28 %
Played in 10% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
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69. Hermitic Herbalist
6.6
86. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger
6.3
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.