Dark Fortress
Rare · Land
5.0PlayableRank 180 of 276
54.7%Rank 169 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 (5.0/10).
Why. A land that always makes colorless, and black or red if it entered this turn or you control a basic land. It enters untapped and fixes at no tempo cost.
Risks. The colored mana is off if you control no basic land and it did not enter this turn. It improves consistency modestly and adds no power.
In the draft. Play it in black-red, or when splashing one of those colors. Take it late, after your playables.
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
- Rare: rank 56 of 60
- Colourless: rank 15 of 35
- Cost 0: rank 6 of 20
- Average pick: 6.4 (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 copy54.2 % · 9,575 games
- 2 copies53.3 % · 315 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks55.2 % · 2,651 games
- Next two weeks54.9 % · 1,557 games
- After that57.5 % · 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
- Baron Helmut Zemo458 games · 55.9 % (instead of 49.4% expected)
- Ronin, Shadow Stalker645 games · 59.1 % (instead of 53.2% expected)
- The Coming of Galactus540 games · 60.9 % (instead of 55.5% expected)
- Ghost, Spectral Saboteur527 games · 55.2 % (instead of 50.4% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Kit854 games · 51.9 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
- Take Up the Shield806 games · 52.1 % (instead of 55.6% expected)
- Super Villain Lockup515 games · 50.5 % (instead of 54.0% expected)
Other cards of the same cost and colours
148. Hidden Lair
5.4
164. Gathering Place
5.2
165. Gleaming Bastion
5.2
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.