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Fortress Kin-Guard TDM 0012 · common

Fortress Kin-Guard · {1}{W} · Creature — Dog Soldier · When this creature enters, it endures 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token.) · Power / toughness: 1/2 · All through the night, the ancestor whispered of ancient battles fought from this very rampart atop Arashin City.

Fortress Kin-Guard · {1}{W} · Creature — Dog Soldier · When this creature enters, it endures 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token.) · Power / toughness: 1/2 · All through the night, the ancestor whispered of ancient battles fought from this very rampart atop Arashin City.

Price
from $0.151 printing
Win rate
57.0% GIH 61,810 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 35,257 wins in 61,810 card-in-hand instances.

53,048 distinct games · 17,494 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Choose a larger early blocker or two bodies. If the creature is removed before endure resolves, the Spirit option still works.

More

One-pick Draft
Choose a larger early blocker or two bodies. If the creature is removed before endure resolves, the Spirit option still works.
Sealed vs Draft
Choose a larger early blocker or two bodies. If the creature is removed before endure resolves, the Spirit option still works.

Draft data

57.0%when drawn (GIH)

+2.0 pp vs 55.0% average · 61,810 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

#79 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.1 on average (181,092 packs).

9 of 34 white cards · 3 of 14 white common cards.

Taken at pick6.832,787 picks
Makes the deck79.9%32,787 picks with known usage
When played56.8%147,467.8 matchesBenched 53.8%
27,731.2 matches
When drawn57.0%61,810 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 58.6% · 28,296 instances
● Drawn later 55.7% · 33,514 instances

In hand 57.0% · 61,810 instances
Unseen in deck 57.0% · 91,995 instances
+0.0 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn57.0%61,810 instances9 of 34
Opening hand58.6%28,296 instances6 of 33
Drawn later55.7%33,514 instances19 of 34
In the deck57.0%154,027 instances8 of 34
Without seeing it57.0%91,995 instances3 of 34
Improvement when drawn+0.0 pp61,810 instances / 91,995 instances18 of 34
When benched53.8%27,731.2 matches21 of 34
Makes the deck79.9%32,787 picks with known usage17 of 34
Pick (last seen)5.1181,092 packs23 of 34
Taken at6.832,787 picks24 of 34

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

White–Blue WU60.4% ◌273 instancesSacrifice WB60.0%1,436 instancesGo Wide Tokens RW59.5%7,664 instancesGreen–White GW56.8% ◌176 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.0% · 61,810 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Salt Road Packbeast+4.1 pp59,605 games with both in the deck · 15,907 both drawnDuty Beyond Death+4.0 pp23,736 games with both in the deck · 4,942 both drawnHardened Tactician+4.6 pp12,975 games with both in the deck · 2,757 both drawn
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 69% of 252 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

TDM 0012 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.15
FoilPlay Booster$0.22

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · 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
Daneen Wilkerson, TDM 12 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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