Giant Koi
Common · Creature — Fish
4.2WeakRank 230 of 281
53.7%Rank 199 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 good playable, but is sometimes cut (4.2/10).
Why. A six-mana 5/7: a huge body that dominates the ground. With Waterbend 3 it cannot be blocked that turn. Islandcycling 2 makes it playable early by trading it in for an Island.
Risks. It costs six with two blue mana, so it arrives late. It has no flying or trample, and removal handles it easily.
In the draft. A good top-end common for blue, flexible thanks to its Islandcycling. Take it mid-pack for a finisher that is never dead in hand.
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 : +0.3 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 69 of 91
- Blue: rank 35 of 40
- Cost 6: rank 11 of 13
- Average pick: 9.7 (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 copy54.4 % · 63,788 games
- 2 copies53.8 % · 4,834 games
- 3 copies56.5 % · 193 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.0 % · 16,876 games
- Next two weeks54.3 % · 8,810 games
- After that53.9 % · 6,987 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
- The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin2,256 games · 62.0 % (instead of 57.8% expected)
- Lo and Li, Twin Tutors1,570 games · 56.5 % (instead of 52.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Badgermole Cub1,144 games · 53.1 % (instead of 56.4% expected)
- Team Avatar3,200 games · 50.8 % (instead of 54.0% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 37 %U/W · 30 %
Played in 12% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
42. Iroh, Grand Lotus
7.1
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.