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Common · Instant
2.0WeakRank 180 of 190
46.4%Rank 183 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).
Not good filler and often gets cut (2.0/10).
Why. A two-mana counterspell that only hits noncreature spells: removal, sorceries, instants, enchantments. It protects you from a decisive spell.
Risks. It cannot touch creatures, and you must keep two mana untapped. A reactive counter loses value against creature decks.
In the draft. A sideboard card more than a maindeck one. Do not take it over playable creatures unless you know your opponent plays many noncreature spells.
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 : +0.2 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 61 of 67
- Blue: rank 28 of 28
- Cost 2: rank 50 of 52
- Average pick: 12.2 (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 copy48.3 % · 2,109 games
- 2 copies41.1 % · 146 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
- Zog, Triceraton Castaway176 games · 58.0 % (instead of 43.3% expected)
- Saved by the Shell231 games · 52.4 % (instead of 46.3% expected)
- Donatello, Gadget Master299 games · 52.5 % (instead of 46.5% expected)
- Don & Raph, Hard Science168 games · 49.4 % (instead of 43.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- West Wind Avatar198 games · 39.9 % (instead of 46.6% expected)
- Skateboard152 games · 37.5 % (instead of 44.0% expected)
- Mona Lisa, Science Geek234 games · 42.3 % (instead of 45.7% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
41. Does Machines
6.8
53. Genghis Frog
6.4
69. Buzz Bots
6.0
117. Mouser Mark III
5.2
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.