Legends:Decks

To play the game, you need to have at least one full deck. 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 build your own decks, as long as they follow the rules listed below. You can also quickly export and share your own deck or import other decklists with the help of deck codes.

Pre-Made Decks

Core Set

You get most of these decks as rewards for completing certain quests in the Forgotten Hero story. The Band of Survivors deck is the one you have from the beginning of the game.

Name	Class	Theme	How to Get
Band of Survivors	Crusader	Aggro	Complete Dark Omens
Black Marsh Smugglers	Scout	Argonians	Complete Swims-at-Night
Dunmer Avengers	Assassin	Dunmer	Complete The Rescue
Imperial Might	Spellsword	Imperials	Complete A Fractured Legion
Warriors of Hammerfell	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 .

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

Houses of Morrowind

With the Houses of Morrowind expansion, 5 new theme decks were added, one for each House. They can be bought from the store for 1000 or USD $7.99/€7.99.

Name	Class	Theme
Dagoth's Might	House Dagoth	Creatures with 5 or more power
Hlaalu Schemes	House Hlaalu	Plot
Redoran Onslaught	House Redoran	Rally
Telvanni Ambition	House Telvanni	Betray
Tribunal Glory	Tribunal Temple	Exalt

Alliance War

5 theme decks were released for the Alliance War, which can be purchased from the store for 1000 or USD $7.99/€7.99.

Name	Class	Theme
Covenant Armaments	Daggerfall Covenant	Items
Dominion Dominance	Aldmeri Dominion	Empower — Aggro
Empire Conquest	The Empire of Cyrodiil	Creatures in both lanes
Guildsworn Prowess	The Guildsworn	Expertise
Pact Assault	Ebonheart Pact	Veteran — Aggro

Moons of Elsweyr

With the Moons of Elsweyr expansion, 2 new theme decks were introduced. They can be bought from the store for 500 or USD $4.99/€4.99.

Name	Class	Theme
Khamira's Rebellion	Monk	Pilfer and Wax/Wane
Zumog Phoom's Ambition	Sorcerer	Consume

Jaws of Oblivion

With the Jaws of Oblivion expansion, 2 new theme decks were introduced. They can be bought from the store for 500 or USD $4.99/€4.99.

Name	Class	Theme
Mankar's Paradise	Battlemage	Invade
Martin Septim's Ascendance	Scout	Max Magicka and Stat Boosting/Lowering

Deck Building

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Rules

1. The minimum deck size for one or two attributes is 50 cards, and the maximum is 100 cards. For a deck consisting of three attributes, the minimum size is 75 cards, while the maximum is 100 cards.
2. Each deck can contain up to three attributes, plus neutral cards. Certain cards can only be put into decks with two or three 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, cards with alternate art, and (un)trained versions 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, a deck can range from 50 to 100 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 (75-card for three attributes), as 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.
  • While higher rarity cards generally have better stats or effects, one should focus on card synergy first. A common card can be more useful than a legendary depending on the situation of the game.

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.

Deck Codes

• Decks can be imported and exported from your deckbuilder to easily share them between players.
• For more info about deck codes, see here.