Fire Nation Cadets

Common · Creature — Human Soldier

Pick rating

6.2GoodRank 90 of 281

Observed strength

56.5%Rank 104 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).

Good playable that always makes the cut (6.2/10).

Why. A one-mana 1/2 that gains firebending 2 once a Lesson is in your graveyard, and gets +1/+0 for two mana. The added mana can pay for that bonus or an instant during combat.

Risks. A 1/2 is very small and dies to nearly everything. With no Lesson in your graveyard, firebending is useless.

In the draft. A red aggro card to play with several Lessons. On its own it is mediocre; do not take it over removal or good 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.

Card in hand at some point in the game56.5 %(set average : 56.2 %)
Card in the opening hand59.3 %(set average : 55.4 %)
Card drawn during the game54.4 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +0.2 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)65.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Common: rank 2 of 91
  • Red: rank 10 of 40
  • Cost 1: rank 9 of 26
  • Average pick: 7.9 (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.

26,484 games57.8 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
20,383 games57.7 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
10,965 games55.1 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
5,009 games53.2 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
2,917 games58.6 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
2,650 games52.7 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
1,698 games53.4 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)
1,199 games52.2 %(all pairs : 56.5 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand57.4 %· 12,410 games
All players, card in hand57.2 %· 40,703 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)59.4 %(set average : 59.1 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)53.5 %(set average : 52.9 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy55.7 % · 40,774 games
  • 2 copies56.7 % · 22,331 games
  • 3 copies58.5 % · 7,538 games
  • 4 copies or more61.1 % · 2,409 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks57.1 % · 21,914 games
  • Next two weeks57.1 % · 10,863 games
  • After that57.8 % · 7,926 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

Cards it wins less with

Where it is played

R/U · 78 %B/R · 65 %

Played in 13% of the decks of the set

Other cards of the same cost and colours

  • Firebending Lesson

    80. Firebending Lesson

    6.4
  • Jet's Brainwashing

    100. Jet's Brainwashing

    6.1
  • Redirect Lightning

    249. Redirect Lightning

    3.9

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.