Professor Zei, Anthropologist
Uncommon · Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Ally
6.1PlayableRank 101 of 281
55.6%Rank 128 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 (6.1/10).
Why. A two-mana hand filter: she taps to discard a card and draw one, turning extra lands or dead cards into live ones. The 0/3 body blocks small creatures, and she can sacrifice herself to rebuy an instant or sorcery.
Risks. She never attacks and does not move the board on her own. The recursion only works on your turn and costs you the creature. With no good instants or sorceries in the graveyard, she is just a looter.
In the draft. A mid-pack pick, fine in a blue-red deck full of spells. Take her when nothing more proactive is on offer, especially if your deck wants smoother draws.
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 : +1.8 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Uncommon: rank 39 of 110
- Multicolour: rank 25 of 51
- Cost 2: rank 24 of 74
- Average pick: 6.2 (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.
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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 copy54.9 % · 41,451 games
- 2 copies57.5 % · 3,689 games
- 3 copies59.4 % · 143 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.6 % · 10,971 games
- Next two weeks56.0 % · 6,199 games
- After that55.1 % · 4,530 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
- Wolfbat1,654 games · 56.8 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
- Ruinous Waterbending745 games · 53.8 % (instead of 51.0% expected)
- Fire Lord Azula2,099 games · 52.5 % (instead of 49.6% expected)
- Kyoshi Island Plaza476 games · 49.2 % (instead of 47.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Air Nomad Legacy1,121 games · 49.9 % (instead of 54.1% expected)
- Razor Rings2,632 games · 51.3 % (instead of 55.4% expected)
- Wandering Musicians2,701 games · 51.9 % (instead of 56.0% expected)
Where it is played
R/U · 37 %
Played in 8.1% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
1. Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
9.4
39. Iroh's Demonstration
7.2
45. Combustion Technique
7.0
56. Knowledge Seeker
6.8
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.