Zog, Triceraton Castaway
Common · Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Soldier
2.0WeakRank 186 of 190
51.2%Rank 169 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 5/4 with reach and trample for five. When it enters, it stops a target creature from blocking this turn, and its mountaincycling 2 means it is never dead in hand.
Risks. Five mana for a body with no other ability, and the enter effect lasts only one turn. Removal costs you a whole turn.
In the draft. A decent red common for the middle of a pack. It fits almost any red deck thanks to the cycling.
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 : -0.8 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 65 of 67
- Red: rank 25 of 27
- Cost 5: rank 23 of 23
- Average pick: 11.4 (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 copy52.6 % · 7,493 games
- 2 copies50.6 % · 633 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks51.7 % · 2,522 games
- Next two weeks53.6 % · 961 games
- After that45.8 % · 166 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
- Negate176 games · 58.0 % (instead of 43.3% expected)
- The Ooze436 games · 57.1 % (instead of 52.0% expected)
- Mondo Gecko243 games · 53.5 % (instead of 49.4% expected)
- Leonardo's Technique278 games · 54.3 % (instead of 50.5% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Featherbrained Filcher439 games · 49.4 % (instead of 53.9% expected)
- Improvised Arsenal581 games · 48.2 % (instead of 52.1% expected)
- Metalhead1,178 games · 51.4 % (instead of 54.5% expected)
Where it is played
B/R · 31 %G/R · 26 %
Played in 4.9% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
13. Baxter Stockman
7.9
27. North Wind Avatar
7.2
42. General Traag, Heart of Stone
6.7
135. Old Hob, Alleycat Blues
4.8
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.