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Vindictive Warden

Common · Creature — Human Soldier

Pick rating

5.6PlayableRank 143 of 281

Observed strength

54.1%Rank 183 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 (5.6/10).

Why. A 2/3 with menace and Firebending 1 that can also deal 1 damage to each opponent for three mana. It's hard to block and works as a late-game mana sink.

Risks. With 2 power it doesn't deal much damage alone, and the damage ability is slow. The red mana from Firebending disappears at end of combat.

In the draft. A black-red hybrid common that fits any black or red deck. Take it as a curve complement, not over removal.

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 game54.1 %(set average : 56.2 %)

Card in the opening hand53.5 %(set average : 55.4 %)

Card drawn during the game54.5 %(set average : 56.8 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -0.9 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)38.0 %(set average : 61.0 %)

Its place in the set

Common: rank 23 of 91
Multicolour: rank 30 of 51
Cost 3: rank 34 of 64
Average pick: 9.9 (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.