Hello everyone,

Weekend rank just ended, and we all faced new and weird MJ cards, new combos and archetypes that seemed impossible to beat like anubians, or aggro magic for example and many more others. This is something to be expected after releasing 190 cards in 1 go to have certain decks that are overtuned.

However, surprisingly, I feel like this game became a bot more balanced even after the release of the new set, a lot of different archetypes are shining and if you look at the top 20 players in WR you notice there is a variety in gods they are using which makes me feel better about the game.

But during this period of experiencing new cards, there are some that shine more than the other ones; ones that made a big effect on the game and on many archetypes or that felt really useful to say the least. So in this post I will be trying to highlight the best MJ cards I came across so far and say why do I think that. So without further ado, let's jump into it:

Goddess of Death

Best creatures

Anubian aggro death decks shined the most after the MJ release. So it was only natural for these two new cards to shine with them and encountered many times. These cards are considered the best because they take part of the most annoying deck in the game at the moment.

Best Spells

Of course, we can not forget the foundation spells of the same deck as well. These spells shined most since the MJ release because they are the core of each anubian deck be it aggro or control, and so they take the place for best spells released as well. I did not encounter any other death spells that really stood out.

Goddess of Deception

Best creatures

This new deception archetype where the opponent keep stealing or decreasing strength for his opponent really stood out to me. I saw it used against many times and it is really the only new playstyle that I encountered with deception. All these cards can steal or decrease strength, combined with echo they can do it twice thus rendering your creatures useless.

God of Light

Best creatures

We all know that light is all about establishing board and buffing his cards insanely. All of these cards have insane buffing potential whether it is from echo or empower that makes it even better and that is why these cards are the best for light from the MJ and are being used a lot!

As for this card it is something else; it is not a buffing card, but it is now seen as the new light levy of the Light and people have been using it frequently especially because of the effect of the Thaeric Militant who gives -1 strength to any creature who attack him!

Best Spell

This is the most light spell that stood out to me in the MJ set. At 6 mana it can act as a Prayer of the Desperate while also giving out another 2 3/3 frontlines which can prove to be very useful for light especially if he had like 2 or 3 creature on board.

God of Magic

Best creatures

These two cards shined in the new aggro magic OTK deck which is also quite annoying, especially Alastrina since she can make Dralamar usable again at 6 mana as well as making a 1 mana cost spell cost 0 mana and then simply winning the game!

In addition, these creatures shined in the Ramp decks for having insane ramp capability and also a bit of protection very early on in the game so I had to add them in the list as well!

Magic Spells

These were the spells that I saw most of Magic thus far, the first one being used mostly for aggro magic, and the other 2 for being a convenient damage dealing spells for there cost and being versatile with the empower they have as well. With the Unbound Flames also being the new improved Inferno!

Goddess of Nature

The Amazon decks came out on top after the release of the MJ set. We now see a lot of amazon decks being used and getting good win rates. And I think these are the cards that were the best from this set. The Sword Breaker Sage being an excellent relic removal tool as well as giving two amazon creatures with the echo.

The Backsworn Hunter dealing insane face damage at times and also having good stats for an amazong creature which makes it very good.

And the Warriro of Paradise in case was buffed and was able to attack more than once, helped the deck a lot and was able to help establish a bit of board control so those were the best 3 MJ nature cards I encountered so far.

God of War

We can not deny that war came at the bottom after the release of the MJ expansion, so it was a little tough for me to choose some cards since I did not encounter war much, and also if encountered there was nothing significant that really stood out to me. So I chose these two cards based on some streams and videos I watched and saw them being used a lot.

I think both of them being used for their buffs from the empower or tempt fate of fate was on the player side, they would make decent cards in aggro or control deck I think. So these were the only 2 I could say that were good from this set that I encountered so far.

Final Thoughts

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We can not deny the effort the balancing team is putting into the game, releasing 190 cards in 1 go is no easy task. I know many other card games were cards broke the game entirely and were left out, however, this expansion gave a wide variety to this game IMO and we now are seeing more gods and more variety of archetypes being used and not 1 or 2 only dominating (hoping they nerf anubian soon of course :p)

Now it is natural for one or two gods to come out on top after certain changes and other gods being left out a bit, but that is the nature of any card game. The meta will keep shifting every now and then towards a certain direction and it is natural and better than always having the same stuff being used which basically makes things boring and static if I can say so. As long as there is not a card that really breaks the game and make each match 100% win, I think meta shifting is very natural.

Now I can say that the devs did a really good job with the MJ so far, and gave a new, exciting variety to the game and a decent balance and so these were the best cards that I encountered and stood out to me for each god based on how effective I think they were. So hope you agree with me and if you don't let me know in the comments and hopefully this was helpful for players that are still getting to know the MJ expansion more!

That was it for this one, hope your weekend ranked games went well and I will see you on the next one! Mad Love, Peace out <3