Rat King, Verminister
Rare · Legendary Creature — Rat Avatar
6.0PlayableRank 72 of 190
59.9%Rank 34 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).
Good playable that always makes the cut (6.0/10).
Why. For two mana it grows and makes a 1/1 Rat creature token at each end step where a permanent left the battlefield under your control. Sacrificing three Rats brings a creature back from your graveyard, tapped.
Risks. A 1/1 that does nothing if nothing leaves your side. You need sacrifices, trades or chump blocks for Disappear to turn on.
In the draft. Take it in a black deck that likes to trade creatures. It takes some planning, but it snowballs fast when it works.
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 : +5.1 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Rare: rank 21 of 53
- Black: rank 10 of 28
- Cost 2: rank 26 of 52
- Average pick: 2.2 (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.
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 % · 9,345 games
- 2 copies57.4 % · 345 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks61.2 % · 2,783 games
- Next two weeks60.6 % · 1,326 games
- After that61.3 % · 240 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
- Putrid Pals905 games · 55.5 % (instead of 50.6% expected)
- Party Dude260 games · 55.4 % (instead of 50.6% expected)
- The Cloning of Shredder658 games · 62.2 % (instead of 58.1% expected)
- Bebop & Rocksteady433 games · 59.1 % (instead of 55.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Nobody485 games · 52.6 % (instead of 58.3% expected)
- Splinter's Technique218 games · 47.7 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
- Donatello, Turtle Techie573 games · 53.8 % (instead of 57.7% expected)
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.