Karakondzhul’s Legendary Crafting Guide

DISCLAIMER: This article is all my (Karakondzhul) opinion and it’s okay if you have a full or nearly full collection and disagree on some of the ratings. This guide is aimed at new players who have no point of reference about what constitutes a good card but want to start building towards a collection. The cards within the tiers are ordered by magicka cost, not power level. This is a crafting guide – I tried to classify all the legendary cards based on how central they are to a deck rather than how overall good they are. That’s why something like Blood Dragon is tier 4 – it’s a very good card but it’s a replaceable one as well. Please consider the tier definitions.

PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE NEW: Please keep in mind that owning a full playset of legendary cards prevents you from unpacking a new copy. Also, you can play dual-color cards and tri-color cards in less decks because they come with a deckbuilding restriction – so it’s natural that they come with higher power level. Personally, I’d try to get cards that can be played in a larger variety of decks if I was to build towards a collection and I’d only craft them once I know I like the particular color combination.

Tier Definitions

To classify the cards, I am using the following tier definitions.

• Tier 1: Virtually all or almost all decks with the allowed colors play this card
• Tier 2: Central to a lot of competitive decks but not central to the color – i.e. really good in aggro but not playable in control (or the other way around).
• Tier 3: Central to exactly 1 or 2 competitive decks – I wouldn’t craft unless I wanted to specifically build towards a certain list.
• Tier 4: Sees competitive play or is played in tier 1 and 2 decks but is replaceable, I wouldn’t prioritize crafting those but I wouldn’t disenchant them either.
• Tier 5: The vast majority of the cards. The fun tier, playable only if you are looking to build janky decks for the fun factor because those cards haven’t seen any competitive play for a long time. I wouldn’t keep those unless I’m building towards a full collection.
• Tier 6: Will probably never see play because it’s neither good nor particularly original to be fun.
• Tier Adoring Fan: He will never leave your side.

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The following table shows the crafting tiers for the blue Intelligence attribute. Intelligence has a good number of tier 1 and tier 2 legendaries. Luzrah, Laaneth and Ancano can be acquired with gold through the corresponding story expansions or the theme deck Ancano’s cunning.

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
1	Intelligence	Luzrah gro-Shar	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion. All deck archetypes.
1	Intelligence	Abnur Tharn	Alliance War	All deck archetypes.
1	Intelligence	Ancano	Heroes of Skyrim	Use theme deck: Ancanco's Cunning. All deck archetypes.
2	Intelligence	Daggerfall Mage	Core Set	Mid-range & Control
2	Intelligence	Alfiq Conjurer	Moons of Elsweyr	Mid-range & Control
2	Intelligence	Mighty Conjuring	Houses of Morrowind	Mid-range & Control
2	Intelligence	Laaneth	Clockwork City	Use gold for story expansion. Control
3	Intelligence	Mentor’s Ring	Core Set	Mid-range & Control
4	Intelligence	Enamor’s Keeper	Houses of Morrowind	Mid-range
4	Intelligence	Sotha Sil	Houses of Morrowind	Control
5	Intelligence	J’zargo	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Intelligence	College of Winterhold	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Intelligence	Soul Shred	Alliance War
5	Intelligence	Therana	Houses of Morrowind
5	Intelligence	Vastarie	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Intelligence	Glacial Dragon	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Intelligence	Staff of Sparks	Core Set
5	Intelligence	Bringer of Nightmares	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Intelligence	Genius Pathmage	Houses of Morrowind
5	Intelligence	Speaker Terenus	Dark Brotherhood	Use gold for story expansion
5	Intelligence	Supreme Atromancer	Core Set
5	Intelligence	Divayth Fyr	Core Set
6	Intelligence	Emeric’s Warlord	Alliance War
6	Intelligence	Echo of Akatosh	Heroes of Skyrim
6	Intelligence	Indoril Archmage	Core Set
6	Intelligence	Nahkriin, Dragon Priest	Core Set

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The following table shows the crafting tiers for the yellow Willpower attribute. Willpower has a reasonable number of tier 2 legendaries, but nothing on tier 1. Similar to the above the best legendaries in this attribute can be aqcuired with gold from the corresponding story expansions.

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
2	Willpower	Thadon, Duke of Mania	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion. Mid-range & Control
2	Willpower	The Black Dragon	Dark Brotherhood	Use gold for story expansion. Aggro & Mid-range
3	Willpower	Varen Aquilarios	Alliance War	All deck archetypes.
3	Willpower	Dawn’s Wrath	Core Set	Control
3	Willpower	Miraak, Dragonborn	Core Set	Control
4	Willpower	Dawnbreaker	Core Set	Aggro & Mid-range
4	Willpower	Vivec	Houses of Morrowind	Control
4	Willpower	Queen’s Captain	Moons of Elsweyr	Control
5	Willpower	Descendant of Akatosh;	Core Set
5	Willpower	Forward Camp	Alliance War
5	Willpower	Cygnus Standard Bearer	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Willpower	Legate Rikke	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Willpower	Ebonheart Oracle	Houses of Morrowind
5	Willpower	Haafingar Marauder	Core Set
5	Willpower	Undying Dragon	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Willpower	Jarl Balgruuf	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Willpower	Kaalgrontiid	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Willpower	Chodala’s Treachery	Houses of Morrowind
6	Willpower	Balmora Captain	Houses of Morrowind
6	Willpower	Lydia	Heroes of Skyrim
6	Willpower	The Mechanical Heart	Clockwork City	Use gold for story expansion
6	Willpower	Umbra	Houses of Morrowind
6	Willpower	Guildsworn Honeytongue	Alliance War
6	Willpower	Renowned Legate	Core Set
6	Willpower	A Land Divided	Heroes of Skyrim
6	Willpower	Auroran Sentry	Core Set

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The following table shows the crafting tiers for the green Agility attribute. Agility has only one legendary on tier 2, but nothing on tiers 1 and 3 .

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
2	Agility	Brynjolf	Heroes of Skyrim	Use theme deck: Brynjolf's Heist. All deck archetypes.
4	Agility	Morag Tong Aspirant	Houses of Morrowind	Aggro
4	Agility	Ungolim the Listener	Core Set	Control
4	Agility	Astrid	Dark Brotherhood	Use gold for story expansion. Mid-range & Control
4	Agility	Rebellion General	Moons of Elsweyr	Mid-range & Control
4	Agility	Razum-Dar	Moons of Elsweyr	All deck archetypes.
4	Agility	Sai Sahan	Alliance War	Mid-range & Control
4	Agility	Tazkad the Packmaster	Core Set	Mid-range & Control
5	Agility	Cyriel	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion
5	Agility	Thieves Guild Fence	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Agility	Serpentine Stalker	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Agility	Swims-at-Night	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Agility	Thieves’ Den	Core Set
5	Agility	Unrelenting Siege	Alliance War
5	Agility	Berne Clan Nightstalker	Houses of Morrowind
5	Agility	Necrom Mastermind	Core Set
5	Agility	Devious Bandit	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Agility	Invoker of the Hist	Alliance War
5	Agility	Naryu Virian	Houses of Morrowind
5	Agility	Quin’rawl Burglar	Core Set
5	Agility	Sails-Through-Storms	Clockwork City	Use gold for story expansion
5	Agility	Gentleman Jim Stacey	Houses of Morrowind
5	Agility	Ring of Namira	Heroes of Skyrim
6	Agility	Spider Daedra	Core Set
6	Agility	Cliff Racer Onslaught	Houses of Morrowind
6	Agility	Nest of Vipers	Core Set

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The following table shows the crafting tiers for the purple Endurance attribute. Endurance has one legendary each on tiers 1 and 2 and a few on 3. Several of these can be acquired with gold through the corresponsind story expansions.

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
1	Endurance	The Gatekeeper	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion. All deck archetypes.
2	Endurance	Ordiniran Necromancer	Houses of Morrowind	Control
3	Endurance	Galyn the Shelterer	Clockwork City	Use gold for story expansion. Control
3	Endurance	Cicero the Betrayer	Dark Brotherhood	Use gold for story expansion. Control
3	Endurance	Night Talon Lord	Core Set	Control
3	Endurance	Mannimarco	Alliance War	Control
4	Endurance	Aundae Clan Sorcerer	Houses of Morrowind	Mid-range & Control
4	Endurance	Zumog Phoom	Moons of Elsweyr	Use theme deck: Zumog Phoom's Ambition. Mid-range & Control.
5	Endurance	Dro-m’Athra Reaper	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Endurance	Steel-eyed Visionary	Alliance War
5	Endurance	High Hrothgar	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Endurance	Lucien Lachance	Core Set
5	Endurance	Doomcrag Vampire	Core Set
5	Endurance	Almalexia	Houses of Morrowind
5	Endurance	Bone Colossus	Core Set
5	Endurance	Lich’s Ascension	Houses of Morrowind
5	Endurance	Nahagliiv	Core Set
5	Endurance	Xivkyn Banelord	Alliance War
5	Endurance	Skeletal Dragon	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Endurance	Blood Magic Lord	Core Set
5	Endurance	Reanimate	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Endurance	Iron Atronach	Core Set
6	Endurance	Innkeeper Delphine	Heroes of Skyrim
6	Endurance	Black Marsh Warden	Core Set
6	Endurance	Caius Cosades	Houses of Morrowind
6	Endurance	Emperer Titus Mede II	Heroes of Skyrim
6	Endurance	Frost Giant	Heroes of Skyrim

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The following table shows the crafting tiers for dual-color legendaries. As said above, dual-color cards generally provide a higher power-level due to the restricted number of decks they can be used for.

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
1	Dual-color Assassin	Queen Barenziah	Core Set	All deck archetypes.
1	Dual-color Mage	Ayrenn	Core Set	All deck archetypes.
1	Dual-color Sorcerer	High King Emeric	Core Set	All deck archetypes.
1	Dual-color Monk	Ahnassi	Core Set	All deck archetypes.
2	Dual-color Scout	Red Bramman	Core Set	Control
3	Dual-color Archer	Allena Benoch	Core Set	Control
4	Dual-color Crusader	Tyr	Core Set	Aggro & Mid-range
4	Dual-color Spellsword	Euraxia Tharn	Moons of Elsweyr	Control
5	Dual-color Monk	Khamira	Moons of Elsweyr	Use theme deck: Khamira's Rebellion
5	Dual-color Sorcerer	Tavyar the Knight/ Rayvat the Mage	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion
5	Dual-color Spellsword	General Tullius	Core Set
5	Dual-color Warrior	Gortwog gro-Nagorm	Core Set
5	Dual-color Battlemage	Merric-at-Aswala	Core Set

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All tri-color legendaries can be acquired with gold through the theme decks (each one prized at 1,000 gold). You don’t need to use soul gems to craft these. Also, because of Legendary Protection, it is recommended to get the theme decks prior to opening regular card packs

The following table shows the crafting tiers for tri-color legendaries. The legendaries for Tribunal, Ebonheart, Telvanni and the Empire of Cyrodiil are all worth crafting and will be staple inclusions to your tri-color deck. The legendaries from other factions are not as crucial to own, allowing you to rely on rares or epics to build a valid tri-color deck.

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
1	Tri-color Tribunal Temple	Archcanon Saryoni	Houses of Morrowind	Use theme deck: Tribunal Glory. All deck archetypes.
1	Tri-color Ebonheart Pact	Jorunn the Skald-King	Alliance War	Use theme deck: Pact Assault. All deck archetypes.
1	Tri-color House Telvanni	Sun-in-Shadow	Houses of Morrowind	Use theme deck: Telvanni Ambition. All deck archetypes.
1	Tri-color Empire of Cyrodiil	Clivia Tharn	Alliance War	Use theme deck: Empire Conquest. All deck archetypes.
4	Tri-color Daggerfall Covenant	Emeric, Covenant King	Alliance War	Use theme deck: Covenant Armaments. Mid-range & Control
5	Tri-color House Redoran	Bolvyn Venim	Houses of Morrowind	Use theme deck: Redoran Onslaught
5	Tri-color House Hlaalu	Duke Vedam Dren	Houses of Morrowind	Use theme deck: Hlaalu's Scheme
5	Tri-color Aldmeri Dominion	Ayrenn, Dominion Queen	Alliance War	Use theme deck: Dominion Dominance
5	Tri-color The Guildsworn	Vanus Galerion	Alliance War	Use theme deck: Guildsworn Prowess
5	Tri-color House Dagoth	Dagoth Ur	Houses of Morrowind	Use theme deck: Dagoth' Might

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The following table shows the crafting tiers for neutral legendaries. Some of the best neutral legendaries are available through promo or story expansions. This allows you to craft them with gold, instead of using soul gems.

Tier	Attribute	Card	Set	Comment
2	Neutral	Wilds Incarnate	FrostSpark Collection	Use gold for promo expansion. All deck archetypes.
3	Neutral	Fork of Horripilation	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion. Control
4	Neutral	Odahviing	Core Set	Control
5	Neutral	Cadwell the Soul Shriven/ Cadwell the Betrayer	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Neutral	Shadowmere	Dark Brotherhood	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	The Night Mother	Dark Brotherhood	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	Ill-Fated Scholar	Moons of Elsweyr
5	Neutral	Seht’s Masterwork	Forgotten Hero Collection	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	The Ruby Throne	Alliance War
5	Neutral	Unite the Houses	Houses of Morrowind
5	Neutral	Yagrum Bagarn	Houses of Morrowind
5	Neutral	Dawnfang/ Duskfang	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	Haskill	Isle of Madness	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	Mundus Stone	Core Set
5	Neutral	Barbas	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Neutral	Battle of Chalman Keep	Alliance War
5	Neutral	Morokei, the Deathless	Forgotten Hero Collection	Use gold for promo expansion
5	Neutral	Wabbajack	Core Set
5	Neutral	Altar of Despair	Madhouse Collection	Use gold for promo expansion
5	Neutral	Assembled Titan	Clockwork City	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	Dragon Mound	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Neutral	Orb of Vaermina	Core Set
5	Neutral	Goldbrand	Core Set
5	Neutral	Journey to Sovngarde	Heroes of Skyrim
5	Neutral	Mecinar	Clockwork City	Use gold for story expansion
5	Neutral	Siege of Stros M’Kai	Forgotten Hero Collection	Use gold for promo expansion
5	Neutral	Paarthurnax	Heroes of Skyrim	Use theme deck: Paarthunax Roar
5	Neutral	Soulburst	Alliance War
5	Neutral	Alduin	Heroes of Skyrim	Use theme deck: Alduin's Apocalypse
6	Neutral	Jiub	Houses of Morrowind
Adoring Fan	Neutral	Adoring Fan	Core Set	Can be earned in Solo Arena (win 9 games) and cannot be soul trapped