Pillar Launch
Common · Instant
6.2GoodRank 96 of 281
55.9%Rank 122 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. For one green mana, a creature gets +2/+2 and reach until end of turn, and untaps. A very cheap combat trick that saves a creature from damage-based removal or wins a duel, while letting it attack and still block.
Risks. Like any trick, you lose the card if the opponent responds by killing the target. With no creature to support, it does nothing.
In the draft. A fair trick for an aggressive or creature-heavy green deck. A mid- to late-pack pick.
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 : -0.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 6 of 91
- Green: rank 10 of 39
- Cost 1: rank 10 of 26
- Average pick: 11.3 (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 copy56.8 % · 25,581 games
- 2 copies56.9 % · 3,619 games
- 3 copies54.5 % · 235 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks57.0 % · 5,806 games
- Next two weeks55.4 % · 3,987 games
- After that56.8 % · 2,716 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
- Avatar Destiny662 games · 54.5 % (instead of 51.6% expected)
- The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi2,011 games · 59.7 % (instead of 57.2% expected)
- Earthen Ally1,699 games · 58.3 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
- Badgermole Cub2,569 games · 61.0 % (instead of 58.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Watery Grasp1,806 games · 53.2 % (instead of 57.6% expected)
- Octopus Form1,496 games · 52.9 % (instead of 57.2% expected)
- Forecasting Fortune Teller2,209 games · 53.5 % (instead of 57.3% expected)
Where it is played
G/W · 28 %G/R · 25 %
Played in 5.2% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
68. Earthen Ally
6.6
125. Seismic Sense
5.8
173. Turtle-Duck
5.2
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.