Legends:Decks

To play the game, you (obviously) need to have some decks to use. There are several pre-made decks you can earn by playing The Forgotten Hero story, and there are also themed decks you can buy from the store.

You can also build your own decks, as long as they follow the rules listed below.

Pre-Made Decks

Core Set

You get most of these decks as rewards for completing certain quests. The Band of Survivors deck is the one you play with through the entirety of Act I, although you don't know its name and can't edit it until the start of Swims-at-Night.

Name	Class	Theme	How to Get
Band of Survivors	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Crusader	Aggro	Deckbuilding tutorial at the start of Swims-at-Night
Black Marsh Smugglers	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Scout	Argonians	Complete Swims-at-Night
Dunmer Avengers	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Assassin	Dunmer	Complete The Rescue
Imperial Might	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Spellsword	Imperials	Complete A Fractured Legion
Warriors of Hammerfell	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Battlemage	Items	Complete The Showdown

Heroes of Skyrim

Players are given one of these decks when first logging in to Legends after the release of Heroes of Skyrim. The others can be bought from the store for 500 gold.

Name	Class	Theme
Ancano's Cunning	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Mage	Combo
Aela's Companions	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Warrior	Werewolves
Alduin's Apocalypse	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Spellsword	Dragons — Control
Brynjolf's Heist	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Assassin	Pilfer
Paarthurnax's Roar	Predefinição:LG Attribute IconPredefinição:LG Attribute Icon Archer	Shouts — Midrange

Deck Building

A unique card

Rules

1. The minimum deck size is 50 cards, and the maximum is 70 cards.
2. Each deck can contain up to two attributes, plus neutral cards. Certain cards can only be put into decks with two specific attributes (or Class).
3. Each deck can have up to three copies of any card.

• Unique cards are the exception to this, as you can only have one per deck. Unique cards are all Legendary and are marked with a red gem on the top border.
• Premium cards and cards with alternate art are taken into account when calculating the allowed maximum.

Strategy Considerations

There are a number of things to consider when building a good deck.

Deck Size

• As stated above, each deck can have 50 to 70 cards. Most players prefer smaller decks, as that makes it easier to ensure you will draw something useful each turn.
  • It is extremely advisable to adhere to a 50-card deck size at it allows for the most consistency, and as every single card can introduce a weakness to your deck, it is best to have as few weaknesses as possible.
  • 'Milling' refers to forcing the opposing player to discard cards from their deck, as running out of cards will draw you the Out of Cards card, but having a large deck should not be mistaken for a viable approach to this strategy. If you seek to last longer than your opponent in the mill game, play a card like Gravesinger, Journey to Sovngarde, or Skeever Infestation instead, as these cards do allow some measure of consistency within your own deck.

Card Synergies

• Certain groups of cards work well together. One popular example is Orcs, as most Orc cards provide bonuses specifically to other friendly Orcs in play. Another example, which can be seen in the Warriors of Hammerfell deck is Redguards and Item cards. Each archetype can utilize these synergies to their benefit.

Deck Archetypes

• Aggro: Aggressive decks focus on doing lots of damage quickly. They usually have lots of low-cost creatures and flood the field with cards. Aggro doesn't care about card advantage, because they aim to win before the opponent's cards become relevant.
• Tempo: Tempo decks sacrifice card advantage to play more and/or stronger threats than their opponent. They heavily rely on a good magicka curve. They tend to be aggressive or midrange decks.
• Prophecy: Prophecy decks are designed to get everything out of their destroyed runes and the Prophecy effect. This allows them to get more free answers against aggro decks. Depending on the card list, the decks tend to be aggro or midrange.
• Midrange: Midrange decks use control in the early game and change to a more aggressive playstyle in the mid game. This results in the deck trying to out-control aggro decks and win by aggro against control decks. Instead of focusing on early or late game, they try to provide consistent power at all stages of the match.
  • Ramp: Ramp is a special type of midrange where the early game is dedicated to playing cards that give a magicka boost. This allows them to play their larger threats earlier than their opponent.
• Control: Control decks focus on playing a longer game. This strategy relies on being able to answer (counter) early threats played by the opponent until more powerful late-game cards can be played. They usually have actions or cards with effects that can destroy multiple cards at once, as well as a few high-cost, powerful creatures to finish off the game.
• Combo: Combo decks try to stall the game until they assemble their combo pieces to finish the game quickly.
  • One example of this would be using Nord Firebrand, Stealer of Secrets, and Mentor's Ring in an action-heavy deck. Stealer of Secrets gains +1/+1 for each action in your graveyard, and Mentor's Ring lets you copy a keyword from one creature (in this case, the Charge keyword from the Nord Firebrand) to every other friendly creature.

Magicka Curve

• The 'curve' is the distribution of different cost cards in your deck. You don't want to have too many high-cost cards in your deck, as those could end up clogging your hand and you not being able to play anything.
• You can see each deck's curve in the in-game deck editor.