Anchovy & Banana Pizza
Common · Artifact — Food
5.4PlayableRank 102 of 190
57.2%Rank 87 of 184 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 57.7%
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 solid playable that rarely gets cut (5.4/10).
Why. Unconditional removal on an artifact: when it enters it destroys target creature, whatever its size. It then sticks around and can be sacrificed later to gain 3 life.
Risks. Four mana with two black is slow and hard to splash. It handles a single creature and does nothing against indestructible or hexproof.
In the draft. Take it without hesitation in a black deck; common removal like this is the backbone of a good deck. Do not pass it for an average creature.
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 : +2.6 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 18 of 67
- Black: rank 17 of 28
- Cost 4: rank 17 of 32
- Average pick: 4.5 (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.
splash
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 % · 32,029 games
- 2 copies55.6 % · 14,381 games
- 3 copies57.0 % · 3,147 games
- 4 copies or more55.6 % · 500 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks57.7 % · 17,401 games
- Next two weeks57.2 % · 7,000 games
- After that58.1 % · 1,391 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
- Party Dude1,148 games · 52.8 % (instead of 50.1% expected)
- Michelangelo's Technique1,351 games · 55.1 % (instead of 52.8% expected)
- Turtles Forever359 games · 56.5 % (instead of 54.2% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Mondo Gecko342 games · 50.3 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
- Krang, Master Mind619 games · 54.8 % (instead of 58.0% expected)
Where it is played
B/U · 72 %B/G · 70 %
Played in 27% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
84. Lord Dregg, Insect Invader
5.8
88. South Wind Avatar
5.8
108. Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
5.4
159. Splinter's Technique
4.2
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.