Dwarven Shortsword
Common · Artifact — Equipment
4.6WeakRank 142 of 188
53.2%Rank 126 of 179 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.5%
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 (4.6/10).
Why. For four mana, you get a 2/2 red Dwarf creature token already equipped, so a 3/4 immediately. When the token dies, the Equipment stays and can move to another creature for two mana: a good two-for-one and a solid body.
Risks. Four mana for a 3/4 with no evasion. If the token dies, the Equipment does nothing without a replacement creature. It is vulnerable to artifact removal.
In the draft. A decent playable for a white deck, especially red-white. Take it without hurry, after the best cards in your color.
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 : -1.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 41 of 65
- White: rank 21 of 28
- Cost 4: rank 24 of 31
- Average pick: 8.8 (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 copy55.3 % · 30,132 games
- 2 copies55.0 % · 13,440 games
- 3 copies51.9 % · 2,169 games
- 4 copies or more53.4 % · 253 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks54.4 % · 17,179 games
- Next two weeks53.7 % · 4,140 games
- After that54.6 % · 2,254 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
- Riddles in the Dark371 games · 53.4 % (instead of 48.9% expected)
- Bilbo's Gambit865 games · 52.5 % (instead of 49.0% expected)
- Key to the Side-Door1,011 games · 53.4 % (instead of 50.3% expected)
- Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver1,156 games · 52.4 % (instead of 49.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- The Lord of the Eagles419 games · 43.9 % (instead of 49.7% expected)
- Bard, King of Dale660 games · 46.2 % (instead of 49.7% expected)
- Mirkwood Nurturer2,372 games · 50.5 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
Where it is played
R/W · 78 %B/W · 37 %
Played in 14% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
10. An Unexpected Party // At the Door
8.2
12. Fíli the Pathfinder
8.0
21. Celebrate the Mountain-king
7.4
29. Settle the Wreckage
7.0
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.