Slithering Cryptid
Common · Creature — Fish Mutant
4.8WeakRank 137 of 190
55.7%Rank 121 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 (4.8/10).
Why. A 2/3 for three that leaves behind a Mutagen token. A fine blocker, and the +1/+1 counter later gives a small bonus. The hybrid cost makes it playable in green or blue decks alike.
Risks. The Mutagen costs a mana to use, and only when you could cast a sorcery. Nothing here decides a game by itself.
In the draft. An honest curve filler, easy to play in any green or blue deck. Take it once the removal and better creatures are gone.
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 37 of 67
- Multicolour: rank 29 of 33
- Cost 3: rank 33 of 46
- 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.
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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 copy55.2 % · 24,310 games
- 2 copies54.1 % · 8,672 games
- 3 copies52.4 % · 1,446 games
- 4 copies or more55.5 % · 155 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.3 % · 11,814 games
- Next two weeks56.3 % · 5,403 games
- After that58.2 % · 1,088 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
- Jennika's Technique545 games · 57.2 % (instead of 52.8% expected)
- Krang, Utrom Warlord870 games · 55.5 % (instead of 51.2% expected)
- Dimension X2,483 games · 59.4 % (instead of 55.2% expected)
- Splinter's Technique359 games · 54.6 % (instead of 50.7% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Turtle Power!167 games · 41.3 % (instead of 45.2% expected)
- Sally Pride, Lioness Leader980 games · 56.2 % (instead of 59.9% expected)
- Skateboard575 games · 48.0 % (instead of 51.1% expected)
Where it is played
G/U · 64 %B/G · 43 %
Played in 20% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
14. Ooze Spill
7.8
29. Tainted Treats
7.0
33. Novel Nunchaku
7.0
49. Transdimensional Bovine
6.6
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.