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Trusty Boomerang

Uncommon · Artifact — Equipment

Pick rating

4.0WeakRank 246 of 281

Observed strength

45.3%Rank 278 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 (4.0/10).

Why. A one-mana Equipment that you equip for one and that lets the creature tap an opposing creature, after which the Boomerang returns to your hand. It can neutralise an attacker or blocker each turn for almost nothing.

Risks. Every use costs a mana, taps your creature, and then you have to recast and re-equip. The tempo cost adds up and the effect is slow.

In the draft. Very marginal: take it only late in a pack, for a controlling deck short on playables.

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 game45.3 %(set average : 56.2 %)

Card in the opening hand42.1 %(set average : 55.4 %)

Card drawn during the game47.4 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -7.9 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)2.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

Uncommon: rank 97 of 110
Colourless: rank 30 of 31
Cost 1: rank 25 of 26
Average pick: 11.9 (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.