The Alliance War comes to Arena!

The Alliance War comes to Arena! We are making several updates to Arena to support the addition of Alliance War cards.

The three options for class selection are now:

One guaranteed three-attribute Alliance

One guaranteed two-attribute Class

One option at random from the 20 Classes/Houses/Alliances

Cards from the most recent expansions appear at increased rates in Arena picks:

Cards from Alliance War appear at triple frequency

Cards from Isle of Madness appear at double frequency

All other (non-curated) cards appear at normal frequency

We have also updated the list of cards that are curated out of Arena. Our general philosophy is to remove build-around cards that are highly unlikely to work in this Arena environment. Since the addition of Alliance War significantly changes the environment, we have added back in buildarounds that Alliance War does support: Orcs, Imperials, movement, health gain, actions, and items. We have also removed Houses of Morrowind cards that do not work well, and generally refined the list of curated cards.

With Alliance War adding four new mechanics to Arena, we wanted to push back against Arena’s growing complexity, and as such are removing some older mechanics entirely from Arena: Shouts, Beast Form, Assemble, and Treasure Hunt.

Added back to Arena:

Arcanaeum Librarian

Bangkorai Butcher

Caravan Enforcer

Chieftain's Banner

Conjurer's Spirit

Covenant Marauder

Deathless Draugr

Duel Atop the World

Gardener of Swords

Grand Ball

Green-Touched Spriggan

Imperial Armor

Legate Rikke

Nahkriin Dragon Priest

Necromancer's Amulet

Ring of Namira

Speaker Terenus

Stoneshard Orc

Stoutheart Giant

Thalmor Justiciar

The Mechanical Heart

Newly curated out:

A Night to Remember

Aela the Huntress

Aela’s Huntmate

Aldora the Daring

Circle Initiate

Dwemer Puzzle Box

Falling Wizard

Forsaken Champion

Grim Shield-Brother

Lich’s Ascension

Mistveil Warden

Paarthurnax

Ruthless Freebooter

Scroll Seeker

Thornwell Terror

Training Grounds

Treasure Map

Unite the Houses

Vvardvark Experiment

Whiterun Protector

Yagrum Bagarn

Existing curated out:

Abandoned Imperfect

Alduin

Alpha Wolf

Altar of Despair

Ancient Lookout

Assembled Conduit

Assembled Sanitizer

Assembled Sentry

Assembled Titan

Blades Lookout

Brass Arquebus

Brassilisk

Brotherhood Sanctuary

Call of Valor

Cauldron Keeper

Chanter of Akatosh

Cheesemancer

Cliffside Lookout

Companion Harbinger

Craglorn Scavenger

Dark Rebirth

Devour

Dovah of the Voice

Dragon Aspect

Dragon Priest Mask

Dragon's Fury

Dragonplate Armor

Drain Vitality

Dres Tormentor

Dwarven Dynamo

Elixir of Vitality

Fire Breath

Gearwork Spider

Ghost Sea Lookout

Greybeard Mentor

Halls of the Dwemer

High Hrothgar

Hit and Run

Hulking Fabricant

Innkeeper Delphine

Kagouti Fabricant

Madness Beckons

Mechanical Ally

Midnight Snack

Morokei, the Deathless

Murkwater Guide

Murkwater Skirmisher

Nix-Hound Fabricant

Ratway Prospector

Relic Hunter

Ruin Archaeologist

Seht's Masterwork

Shalk Fabricant

Siege of Stros M'Kai

Skeevaton

Soul Tear

Stampeding Mammoth

Star-Sung Bard

Steam Constructor

Swims-at-Night

Swindler's Market

Thalmor Embassy

Tullius' Conscription

Ulfric Stormcloak

Ulfric's Uprising

Unrelenting Force

Verminous Fabricant

Voice of Balance

Woodland Lookout

Word Wall

World-Eater's Eyrie

Young Dragonborn