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Dwarven Castle Guard FIN 0018 · common

Dwarven Castle Guard · {1}{W} · Creature — Dwarf Soldier · When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token. · Power / toughness: 2/1 · "'Lali-ho' is the dwarven greeting!"

Dwarven Castle Guard · {1}{W} · Creature — Dwarf Soldier · When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token. · Power / toughness: 2/1 · "'Lali-ho' is the dwarven greeting!"

Price
from $0.111 printing
Win rate
54.5% GIH 44,625 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 24,338 wins in 44,625 card-in-hand instances.

39,927 distinct games · 13,969 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

An early creature leaves a Hero when it dies. It can absorb a trade or sacrifice without removing your entire creature presence.

More

One-pick Draft
An early creature leaves a Hero when it dies. It can absorb a trade or sacrifice without removing your entire creature presence.
Sealed vs Draft
An early creature leaves a Hero when it dies. It can absorb a trade or sacrifice without removing your entire creature presence.

Draft data

54.5%when drawn (GIH)

−1.2 pp vs 55.7% average · 44,625 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games

#201 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.3 on average (272,800 packs).

36 of 52 white cards · 9 of 14 white common cards.

Taken at pick8.936,086 picks
Makes the deck52.5%36,086 picks with known usage
When played55.0%104,372 matchesBenched 55.8%
87,428 matches
When drawn54.5%44,625 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.4% · 19,701 instances
● Drawn later 53.9% · 24,924 instances

In hand 54.5% · 44,625 instances
Unseen in deck 56.2% · 63,929 instances
−1.7 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn54.5%44,625 instances36 of 52
Opening hand55.4%19,701 instances32 of 51
Drawn later53.9%24,924 instances41 of 51
In the deck55.5%108,753 instances34 of 52
Without seeing it56.2%63,929 instances19 of 52
Improvement when drawn−1.7 pp44,625 instances / 63,929 instances43 of 52
When benched55.8%87,428 matches16 of 52
Makes the deck52.5%36,086 picks with known usage41 of 52
Pick (last seen)6.3272,800 packs46 of 52
Taken at8.936,086 picks46 of 52

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Artifacts WU55.9%6,246 instancesSacrifice WB55.5%11,690 instancesEquipment Aggro RW55.0%11,515 instancesGo Wide GW54.2%4,049 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.5% · 44,625 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

White Auracite45,156 games with both in the deckWhite Mage's Staff41,912 games with both in the deckPaladin's Arms39,246 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 39% of 330 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

FIN 0018 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Starter Kit · Starter Kit Case$0.11
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.25

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.33%) · 33.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 143 packs (0.70%) · 18.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 12 packs (8.52%) · 93.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterCommons100% per positionCommons
Play BoosterCommon or Through the Ages2 in 3Common
Play BoosterWildcard100%Wildcard
Play BoosterTraditional foil100%Traditional foil
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons

Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Crystal Fae, FIN 18 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗