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Common · Instant — Lesson
5.8PlayableRank 128 of 281
56.2%Rank 119 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 (5.8/10).
Why. A one-mana instant that gives +2/+2 to one of your creatures until end of turn, plus flying if it is an Ally. It wins a combat, or pushes an attack through a block cheaply.
Risks. It is a trick: if the opponent kills the creature in response, you lose a card. It is half as good without Allies, and weak in a slow deck.
In the draft. A good trick for aggressive or Ally white decks. A mid-pack pick. One copy is fine, two are acceptable if your deck is aggressive.
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 : -1.0 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 17 of 91
- White: rank 23 of 40
- Cost 1: rank 16 of 26
- Average pick: 8.7 (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 copy57.3 % · 69,138 games
- 2 copies58.0 % · 15,530 games
- 3 copies59.6 % · 1,559 games
- 4 copies or more61.0 % · 146 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks58.2 % · 18,767 games
- Next two weeks55.7 % · 12,241 games
- After that56.5 % · 8,295 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
- Earthen Ally2,132 games · 59.1 % (instead of 56.7% expected)
- Fire Lord Zuko311 games · 50.2 % (instead of 47.9% expected)
- War Balloon2,330 games · 57.6 % (instead of 55.9% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Waterbending Scroll1,639 games · 51.5 % (instead of 55.2% expected)
- Boomerang Basics4,882 games · 53.9 % (instead of 57.3% expected)
- Bumi, King of Three Trials1,791 games · 52.4 % (instead of 55.5% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 53 %G/W · 51 %
Played in 15% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
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.




