Pain 101
Common · Instant
4.0WeakRank 166 of 190
52.2%Rank 158 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 good playable, but is sometimes cut (4.0/10).
Why. A two-mana instant that gives a creature deathtouch until end of turn and returns it tapped if it dies. In combat, it can flip a trade for little mana.
Risks. It is a combat trick, not removal: it does nothing without a creature to boost, and an opponent who avoids combat can ignore it.
In the draft. An honest combat trick in black decks, notably white-black. Take it late, after creatures and 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.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -3.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 51 of 67
- Black: rank 24 of 28
- Cost 2: rank 45 of 52
- Average pick: 10.7 (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 copy55.1 % · 10,803 games
- 2 copies54.5 % · 1,465 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks52.5 % · 3,525 games
- Next two weeks53.7 % · 1,529 games
- After that54.9 % · 317 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
- Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order390 games · 57.4 % (instead of 53.5% expected)
- Party Dude216 games · 51.9 % (instead of 48.3% expected)
- Leader's Talent731 games · 56.2 % (instead of 53.6% expected)
- Sally Pride, Lioness Leader1,208 games · 62.3 % (instead of 60.0% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- New Generation's Technique358 games · 45.3 % (instead of 50.6% expected)
- Cowabunga!677 games · 46.5 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
- Leonardo's Technique523 games · 48.8 % (instead of 53.1% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 27 %
Played in 7.0% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
18. Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
7.6
19. Dark Leo & Shredder
7.5
52. Death in the Family
6.4
57. Super Shredder
6.4
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.