Earthbender Ascension
Rare · Enchantment
7.8Very goodRank 21 of 281
62.5%Rank 16 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).
One of the very best rares of the format (7.8/10).
Why. Value for three mana: Earthbend 2 animates a land into a 2/2, then you fetch a basic land tapped, which already gives a first quest counter. After that, each further land moves you toward +1/+1 counters and trample.
Risks. You need lands to feed the enchantment, and the animated land is exposed to removal. With no creatures to boost, the payoff comes slowly.
In the draft. A good ramp and value card for green decks. Take it fairly high.
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 : +8.8 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 9 of 60
- Green: rank 4 of 39
- Cost 3: rank 5 of 64
- Average pick: 2.2 (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 copy57.8 % · 27,714 games
- 2 copies60.8 % · 1,440 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks63.0 % · 6,743 games
- Next two weeks62.9 % · 3,692 games
- After that62.8 % · 2,536 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
- Fatal Fissure245 games · 58.4 % (instead of 51.4% expected)
- The Last Agni Kai506 games · 57.7 % (instead of 54.0% expected)
- Hog-Monkey836 games · 58.4 % (instead of 54.8% expected)
- Bumi, Unleashed1,750 games · 63.2 % (instead of 59.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Earth Kingdom Jailer2,218 games · 57.9 % (instead of 60.5% expected)
- Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop1,152 games · 55.5 % (instead of 57.9% expected)
- Sokka, Lateral Strategist1,958 games · 57.0 % (instead of 59.4% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
52. The Lion-Turtle
7.0
60. Allies at Last
6.8
73. White Lotus Reinforcements
6.6
85. Toph, the Blind Bandit
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.