Understanding the differences between two time-intelligence expressions relative to Visual

I'm working on some time intliegence analysis. So I reviewed the Italian's article on the subject.

Prior to reviewing their article I had managed to write my own expression for YTD. I then applied their approach and also intergrated the hidden T/F Measure into my existing Measure. Both measures work fine in a Matrix, yet when I put both measures in a Card, only my original measure returns a value, the measure based on the DAX Pattern returns blank.

Is this due to the fact that my measure defines an explict date context, whereas the Pattern based measure relies on an explicit date context from the visual? In which case the Matrix meets that requirement, whereas the Card does not?

My original measure:

Closed RT YTD = 
VAR MaxDate = MAX('Date'[Date])
VAR MinDate = STARTOFYEAR('Date'[Date])

VAR _datesBetween = DATESBETWEEN('Date'[Date], MinDate, MaxDate)

VAR result = 
    IF(
        [ShowValueForProjectDates],
        CALCULATE(
            [Closed],        
            _datesBetween,
            ALL('Date')
        )
    )

RETURN
result

 DAX Pattern Measure:

Closed YTD = 
    
VAR _result =
    IF(
        [ShowValueForProjectDates],
        CALCULATE(
            [Closed],
            DATESYTD( 'Date'[Date] )
        )
    )

RETURN
    _result

Screen snip of cards vs matrix: