Castle Doom

Rare · Land

Pick rating

5.1PlayableRank 176 of 276

Observed strength

52.2%Rank 225 of 273 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.8%

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 (5.1/10).

Why. A land that taps for colorless, or for any color to cast an artifact spell. For three mana, tapping it and sacrificing an artifact, it creates a 3/3 Doombot token at sorcery speed.

Risks. The colored mana only works for artifacts. With no artifacts to sacrifice its ability is dead and you are playing a colorless land.

In the draft. Only for an artifact deck. Otherwise skip it: a colorless land just strains your mana.

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.

Card in hand at some point in the game52.2 %(set average : 56.8 %)
Card in the opening hand50.5 %(set average : 55.6 %)
Card drawn during the game53.3 %(set average : 57.5 %)

Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : +1.7 win-rate points

How often it ends up in the deck once drafted by a strong player (not a win rate)46.0 %(set average : 63.0 %)

Its place in the set

  • Rare: rank 55 of 60
  • Colourless: rank 14 of 35
  • Cost 0: rank 5 of 20
  • Average pick: 6.6 (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.

2,617 games52.0 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
856 games52.8 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
735 games53.5 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
701 games54.4 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
278 games55.4 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
275 games55.6 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
197 games53.3 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)
165 games44.8 %(all pairs : 52.3 %)

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.

Strong players (diamond and mythic ranks), card in hand51.4 %· 691 games
All players, card in hand52.9 %· 3,018 games

Win rate on the play and on the draw

Games on the play (the deck holds the card)56.7 %(set average : 58.6 %)
Games on the draw, so drawing from the first turn (the deck holds the card)48.0 %(set average : 53.6 %)

Win rate by number of copies in the deck

  • 1 copy52.4 % · 6,601 games
  • 2 copies50.2 % · 203 games

Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)

  • First two weeks53.9 % · 1,987 games
  • Next two weeks50.5 % · 893 games
  • After that53.6 % · 138 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

Cards it wins less with

Other cards of the same cost and colours

  • Hidden Lair

    148. Hidden Lair

    5.4
  • Gathering Place

    164. Gathering Place

    5.2
  • Gleaming Bastion

    165. Gleaming Bastion

    5.2
  • Training Compound

    173. Training Compound

    5.2

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.