← Previous card254. Appa, Loyal Sky Bison Next card →256. Invasion Tactics

Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion

Common · Creature — Elk Cat

Pick rating

3.2WeakRank 255 of 281

Observed strength

53.2%Rank 208 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).

Filler card but sometimes gets cut (3.2/10).

Why. A 7/7 reach creature for six that doubles as mana fixing thanks to Forestcycling for two. It is rarely a dead card: early it finds a land, late it dominates the board.

Risks. Six mana for a creature with no other ability, and it still dies to removal. If you cycle it, it is no longer there to close the game.

In the draft. A good green common top-end. Take it as a flexible playable, but do not run too many six-drops in the same deck.

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 game53.2 %(set average : 56.2 %)

Card in the opening hand51.0 %(set average : 55.4 %)

Card drawn during the game54.7 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -0.8 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)42.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

Common: rank 80 of 91
Green: rank 32 of 39
Cost 6: rank 13 of 13
Average pick: 9.8 (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.