Glossary

Terms 17

God

One of six factions: Light, Death, Nature, War, Magic and Deception. A deck takes cards of one god plus neutral cards in most formats.

Neutral

Cards that belong to no god. Any deck can include them.

Mana

The cost to play a card. The mana curve of a deck counts how many cards cost each amount.

Rarity

Common, rare, epic, legendary and mythic. In most formats a deck may hold one legendary card.

Tribe

A creature family printed on some cards, such as Viking, Olympian or Dragon. About half the cards have none.

Set

A release of cards, such as Core, Genesis or Reckoning. Formats allow or ban whole sets.

God power

The power your god gives you in a match. Stored in the card list as cards of the type god power.

Proto (prototype)

The API term for a card design with its fixed stats and text. A card you own is a copy of a proto.

Collectable

A flag in the card list. Cards marked not collectable cannot be collected as ordinary cards.

Standard

A format that bans the older sets. The rules come from the game API; see the Formats page for the list.

Ranked

The ladder mode with a rating and a rank level. Our win rate pages use it for card statistics.

Conquest

A mode described by the game as a high-stakes gauntlet: play 5 games with your own deck and earn rewards by wins.

Sealed

A mode described by the game as play for prizes using decks built from a rotating selection of cards.

Singleton

A community format that allows one copy of any card.

Pauper

A format that allows only common cards.

Match sample

The set of finished games our win rate pages count: twenty minutes of every hour, so a sample and not every game.

Win rate range (95%)

The Wilson interval around a win rate. A wide range means too few games to be sure.

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