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Comprehensive Arena Tier List

Updated: Oct 18, 2020

circleVIII here with a brand new Arena Article.


What is Arena?

Arena is Mythgard's base version of an asynchronous PvP draft.

Why Should You Play Arena?

There are many reasons you should be playing Arena. It is a great way for new players to level the playing field against more experienced players. It is of no cost to enter so long as you juggle your free tickets well (see: Tips for Playing Arena) and the rewards are substantial. All quests that don't specifically outline a separate game mode can be completed in Arena. It is fun and engaging, and allows for a wide variety of strategies that aren't normally seen in Constructed play.


Tips For Playing Arena

  • Use the boost and cull systems. This means that you should be boosting colors you are committed to and culling colors you absolutely do not want to see.

  • Use your judgment to pick the most powerful cards within the boundaries of your prior commitments.

  • You will always play 9 Arena games in any given run unless you retire or abandon it. Every 2 losses, you are awarded 6 new picks. While losing games can be frustrating, don't give up! Your deck can only grow in strength after losing!

  • Never surrender! Free tickets are given away at a base rate of once every 9 days. This cooldown is decreased by a number of factors from how many Arena games you have played, how long the games are, and how many wins you have achieved. This means that conceding early is actively going to hurt your cooldown timer for a new free ticket! It is entirely possible to infinitely juggle free tickets so long as you keep this in mind.

  • It is widely considered that Blue and Purple are the best colors to draft in Arena, and that Yellow is the worst color.

  • Fires of Creation is a terrible path in Arena. The rest are all playable.

  • Impel and Infuse are often the best powers.

Read erobert's Arena Specific Guides here:


Tier List Disclaimer

Cards are assigned tiers based on the following 3 criteria, listed in order of importance:

  • The immediate and expected value of a card when played in relation to its cost

  • The relative value of a card when drawn

  • The commitment required to be made to a card's faction in relation to that faction's overall strength in Arena


Final Words

A big special thanks to ijustwinked, KG's own erobert, and Darling Wolf for helping me put this Tier List together. Without them, none of this would have been possible.


If you found this Tier List helpful, or have any comments or questions be sure to join us on the Mythgard Discord!


Without further ado, I present to you the first (and best!) ever comprehensive Mythgard Arena Tier List!


Legend

S – Incredible

A – Far above average

B – Above average

C – Average

D – Below average

E – Far below average

F – Detrimental

*Cards with + have the practical potential to climb one (or very rarely more) tier(s) with specific support


S Tier




  • Blackened Jotun

  • Junkyard Vallhalla

  • Magnus Thorsson

  • Kara Mourningwives




  • Tangleskein




  • Magmataur

  • Seven Ring Ritual





  • Chort Stag

  • Fated Firebird

  • Iku Turso

  • Traitorous Murmur





  • Armageddon Angel

  • Kushiel, the Unforgiving

  • Scion of Pride

  • Solomon's Gale





  • Celestial Dragon

  • Jin-Sook, Dollmaster

  • Lantern Colossus

  • Pentacle of Flavors

  • Perfect Grade

A Tier




  • Allfather's Horn

  • Black Hatter

  • Bragi Runesinger +

  • Demolition Speedway +

  • Einherjar Thane

  • Godsblud Transfusion

  • Hyperborean

  • Ingrid Stormdottir +

  • Rider of Edda +

  • Tyr Monomund +

  • Valkyrie Tough





  • Godsbane Transport

  • Harvester

  • Magpyre Enforcer

  • Ollama Ring +

  • Sapo, the Devourer

  • Twin Blanque +

  • Twin Junah +

  • Zolea, the Unclean





  • Daring Trapezists

  • Gigantomachia

  • The Oak of Dodona +

  • Sea Lord's Trident +

  • Serapis, False Apostle

  • Sideshow Chimera

  • Stairway to Hades +

  • Strigoi Pup

  • Wings of Abaddon +





  • Baba Yaga's Den

  • Bela, Witch Queen +

  • Born Again

  • Raid the Tombs

  • Shroud of the Pit +

  • Volkov Heavy

  • Wendish Giant

  • Zmey Hydra





  • Desertification Engine

  • Eager Recruit

  • Lamp of Wonders

  • Peri at the Gates +

  • Serendipity Ifreet

  • Temptation +

  • To Heaven and Back





  • Hotel Barkeep

  • Master of Shadows +

  • Muttonmorphosis

  • Nine-Tailed Vixen +

  • Racer in Shadow

  • Terragon +

B Tier




  • Ensnaring Serpent

  • Fossegrim +

  • Freki Scout +

  • Giant's Stairway +

  • Lore Broker

  • Odinthrone +

  • Road Queen +

  • Seahaven +

  • Tailroot Wurm +

  • Thunderclap

  • Triassic Kraken

  • Valkyrie Enforcer +

  • Winter Wolf





  • Meso Libre

  • Metzin Giant

  • Misanthropia +

  • Poxbringer +

  • Scourge of Serpents +





  • Cerberus Unchained +

  • Duskwing Angel

  • Firesong Prodigy +

  • Ignition

  • Vulcan Brand +





  • Avenging Alpha +

  • Detained

  • Gamayun

  • Hopeless Necromantic +

  • Mavka

  • Ravenous She

  • Sablewing Zira +

  • Sugar Plum Fairy

  • Volkov Veteran

  • Wake the Bones +





  • Cataphract

  • Conviction +

  • Dark Passenger +

  • Dune Courser +

  • Dust Devil

  • Faceless Construct

  • Ghul

  • Herald of Famine +

  • Herald of Pestilence

  • Lavish Proxy +

  • Mardykhor +

  • Raziel, Keeper of Secrets +

  • Sandscale Wurm +

  • Seal of Exile

  • Treasury of Petra +

  • Vengeful Heirloom

  • Xerxian Recruiter





  • Back Alley Ronin +

  • Baku Bogeyman

  • Daigoju Supreme +

  • Ghost in the System

  • God of Gamers +

  • Juiced +

  • Pushy Oni

  • Rogue Idolon +

  • Shinobi of Smoke +

  • Sword Saint

  • Thriving Shade +

C Tier





  • Cairnhenge +

  • Daughters of the Forest

  • Draugr

  • Draupnir Band +

  • Freki Sidecar +

  • Ice spike

  • Ravine Guardian

  • Stormdottir's Chosen +

  • Timberland Troll

  • Volcanic Risi +





  • Bulwark +

  • Clay Effigy

  • Cornered Wildcat +

  • Dream Weaver

  • Feathered Serpent

  • Goliath's Web +

  • Helm of Conscription +

  • Magpyre Sniper +

  • Model of Duality +

  • Orbital Jamming Satellite +

  • Serpent Den +

  • Universal Holcan +

  • Venomfang Mutant

  • Xelhua, The Builder +





  • Amnesia +

  • Ankle Biter +

  • Calliope Muse

  • Carny Lug +

  • Chloe Sunshine

  • Dashing Ringmaster +

  • Extract Life +

  • Freki Huntress

  • Hysterical Strength +

  • Ironbelly Wyvern

  • Lamia's Kiss

  • Melinoe, Soul Shepherd +

  • Mister Snuggles

  • Panic Raider

  • Reckless Vulcanist +

  • Red Carnival +

  • Sea Fire

  • Shopworn Bull +

  • Strigoi Pureblood





  • Alkonost +

  • Boneyard Abomination +

  • Gallows Boy

  • Gemhold Dwarf +

  • House Elf +

  • Led Astray

  • Leshy Green +

  • Marching Orders +

  • Matryoshka +

  • Night Hag +

  • Plague Maidens +

  • Ruslan's Bight

  • Serenity Seawitch +

  • Simargl Hatchling

  • Synapse Overclock

  • The Invisible City +

  • Vilja Windfury +

  • Vodnik Informant





  • Aimless Vessel +

  • Halcyon Decree +

  • Herald of Conquest +

  • Herald of Death +

  • Imperfect Copy +

  • Insurance Broker +

  • Parsa Regulars +

  • Quicksand Hourglass

  • Radiant Vessel +

  • Shadhavar Beast +

  • Spear of Destiny +

  • Thieves Bazaar +

  • Vital Broxa

  • Xerxian Sympathizer +





  • Axe Man

  • Battle Chef +

  • Decoy

  • Five Spirit Gate +

  • Grandma Meng's Tea House +

  • Hoarding Hero +

  • Imperative Bell +

  • Insatient +

  • Mind Freak

  • Simuzen +

  • Spirit Away +

  • Spiteful Mimic

  • Steam Bun +

  • Tong Foot Soldiers +

  • Whitemoon Arena +

D Tier





  • Berserkr Sickness +

  • Brainstorm

  • Bridgeway Troll +

  • Einherjar Berserkr +

  • Forked Lightning

  • Honed Edge

  • Jotun Shatterfist +

  • Mani, Queen of Tides +

  • Norn Datacore +

  • Stab Crab +

  • Waystone Garden +





  • Beimeni Falls

  • Black Cadejo +

  • Bob 'Banzai' Vaquero +

  • Cloudscale Drake

  • Enchanteater

  • Garterkan

  • Gemcutter Spider +

  • Golden Axolotl

  • Headless One +

  • Jade Puma +

  • Magpyre Commando

  • Magpyre Squad Leader +

  • Maze of Iyatiku

  • Pack Mentality +

  • Revelation of Ximec

  • Security Phalanx

  • Striking Viper +

  • Vicious Cycle +

  • Volition +

  • White Cadejo

  • Yahui +





  • Alacrity +

  • Cognate of Eratos

  • Crimson Pact +

  • Cyclopean Giant +

  • Enyo, Murder's Muse +

  • Grim Narcoleptic +

  • Ichor Feast

  • Ironflesh Performer

  • Lord Valentine +

  • Melpomene Muse +

  • Pit Fiend

  • Pseudonomicon

  • Shadow Trapeze +

  • Stray Panacea +

  • Terpsichore Muse +





  • Academy Recruitment

  • Doublethink +

  • Hacker's Intuition

  • Indrik Beast

  • Koschei, the Deathless +

  • Mothmara +

  • Overkill

  • Sovereign Architect +

  • The Recursionist +

  • Troikasekt

  • Vedma Flamespar +

  • Vedma Skyranger +

  • Volkov Pointman +





  • Behemoth

  • Digital Golem

  • Dire Benediction

  • Dune Cat +

  • Herald of War +

  • Silicon Sentinel

  • Storied Martyr +

  • Twinfire Zealot +

  • Xerxian Hideout +





  • Balance +

  • Cloud Pillar Peak +

  • Emperor Koi +

  • Jaded Courtier

  • Kite Glider +

  • Knives in the Dark

  • Little Crane Girl

  • Misfortune +

  • Night Market +

  • Pocket Instance +

  • Red Cliffs +

  • Reincarnation +

  • Shinobi of Fire +

  • Shinobi of Wind +

  • Sniffer +

  • Stubborn Tengu +

  • Yojimbo

  • Zen Archer +

E Tier





  • Brass Bouncer +

  • Brising Necklace +

  • Canine Cavalry

  • Cataclysm +

  • False Mjolnir +

  • Fey Plagiarist +

  • Field of Poppies +

  • Grease Monkey

  • Jaunt +

  • Living Mountain +

  • Loki's Veil +

  • Malestrom

  • Rune of Denial

  • Singing Stone +

  • Skilled Hacktivist

  • Sons of the Pack +

  • Spirit Stones +

  • Stone Mother





  • Beast of Plenty

  • Dissonant Drone

  • Firedart Frog

  • Godspore Mushroom +

  • Incubation Chamber

  • Laser Grid +

  • Nazca Memorial

  • Pandemic +

  • Riot Guard

  • Verdant Jungle +

  • Vibrant Quetzal

  • Wonder Drug +

  • Yana Virus





  • Barbed Bolts +

  • Blood Moon

  • Dead Man's Eyes

  • Faun of Decay

  • Fire Eater

  • Minitaur

  • Miswalker Gate +

  • Ourania Muse

  • Strigoi Familiar +

  • Strigoi Reaver +

  • Temple at Delphi +

  • Trained Jaguar





  • Academy Analyst

  • Bald Mountain +

  • Belovode +

  • Bold Omega

  • Circle of Protection +

  • Focused Frenzy +

  • Garden of Iriy +

  • Grinning Kolobok +

  • Pack Trooper +

  • Pillage +

  • Rewind Hex +

  • Sacrificial Altar +

  • Samosek, the Living Sword

  • Sweet Spinnerette +





  • Daeva of the Wastes +

  • Mandatory Vigor

  • Parsa Clarion +

  • Parsa Crusader +

  • Parsa Divinity Cannon

  • Parsa Immortal +

  • Resupply Caravan +

  • Sandscape +

  • Sand Scout +

  • Sariel of Enoch

  • Soma Oasis +

  • Xerxian Observer





  • Compulsory Curse

  • Defy Death +

  • Feng Shui Master

  • Hungry Ghost +

  • Neo-Gangnam

  • Peach of Life +

  • Re:Spawn +

  • The Fast Lane

F Tier




  • Breath of Wintertide +

  • Earthslide +

  • Eir Healing

  • Eirsdottir

  • Jorthsong +

  • Root of the World +

  • The Long Winter





  • Blood Idol

  • Fleeting Thunderbird

  • Foul Harvest +

  • Obligation

  • Serpentine Empress +

  • Splicing Lab





  • Blood Dolls +

  • Dragon's Teeth

  • Forlorn Spirit

  • Hekate's Wheel

  • Howling Abyssal +

  • Orpheum of Horrors

  • The Stretcher





  • Bog Basilisk

  • Dora

  • Isle of Buyan

  • Revolutionary Totem +

  • Spellflux Cauldron +





  • Alchemical Key

  • Miraculous Feast

  • Mirage

  • Notarize Reality

  • Oil Field

  • Salt the Fields

  • Xerxian Saboteur





  • Corrupt Prayer Wheel +

  • Familia Sprite +

  • Llort +

  • Strategem Thirty-Six +

  • War Fan






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