Dwarven Castle Guard
Common · Creature — Dwarf Soldier
5.4PlayableRank 159 of 294
54.1%Rank 216 of 341 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.4%
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 (5.4/10).
Why. A 2/1 for two that leaves behind a 1/1 Hero creature token when it dies. You get two bodies for one card, which is good for trading and for sacrifice effects.
Risks. A 2/1 is small and the 1/1 token carries little weight on an advanced board. It is weak late.
In the draft. A good curve filler for an aggressive white deck. Take it without urgency, after your better cards.
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 : -1.5 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 39 of 90
- White: rank 28 of 43
- Cost 2: rank 41 of 63
- Average pick: 9.0 (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 copy55.2 % · 61,371 games
- 2 copies56.0 % · 18,260 games
- 3 copies55.7 % · 3,011 games
- 4 copies or more54.7 % · 446 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks54.9 % · 23,922 games
- Next two weeks54.3 % · 12,204 games
- After that55.0 % · 3,801 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
- Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno1,129 games · 56.9 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- The Fire Crystal152 games · 41.4 % (instead of 47.4% expected)
- Summon: Bahamut891 games · 50.4 % (instead of 54.4% expected)
Where it is played
B/W · 60 %R/W · 59 %
Played in 11% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
6. Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
8.9
14. Dragoon's Lance
8.3
38. Adelbert Steiner
7.3
63. Battle Menu
6.8
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.