DAWNBREAK NIGHTEDGE
PRE-EXPANSION EXPECTATIONS

Reveals for Dawnbreak:Nightedge promised a diverse and unpredictable meta, where the versatile new "Choose One" effect would be widespread. And with the old terror of Daria now rotating out, it's anyone's game.


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Data aggregated from polls hosted on this website (voting closed), posted on the Discord server before the expansion.
Scores are averaged on a 0-100 range, except for the "Most Divisive" category, which is scored by standard deviation.

TOP 10

92
89
86
84
83
82
77
76
76
75
The top cards of this expansion go to varied classes and archetypes, pointing to no one dominant archetype in the expansion metagame. Sword and Blood seem to be the best off, but many archetypes received powerful tools.

TOP 10 TOKENS

90
88
87
86
84
84
83
81
81
80
While normal expansions only contain a handful of tokens, this expansion added nearly 60 new tokens to the card pool. Six of these tokens are from only two of the Top 10 cards, Orchis and Vania.

MOST DIVISIVE

33
28
28
28
27
27
26
26
26
26
(Scored by standard deviation, not mean)
Following in the steps of recent expansions, Cygames has pushed more archetype-based legendaries, which now dominate the Most Divisive list. However, unlike previous expansions, many of these cards have proven to actually be quite strong, inlcuding Shadow's new PTP card.

WORST 10

12
22
22
23
23
23
24
25
26
26
Marduk follows Corpselord of Woe and Mail of Obliteration as the newest legendary card on the Worst 10 list. Noticeably, there are no Gold cards on this list.

CHOOSE ONE

92
89
86
84
83
77
76
76
75
75
74
70
69
69
68
68
65
65
62
58
56
52
46
32
Cygames went all-in on the Choose One keyword this expansion, with 24 cards featuring the mechanic. These cards are much stronger on average than the average card, and will likely define the meta for months to come.

CLASS SCORES

54/70
69
75
56/83
64
76
55/71
55
74
48/69
68
46
52/73
54
86
64/80
70
84
57/72
58
69
58/77
92
50
(First score: All cards average. Second score: Top 3 cards average.)
While many Sword players expected to get shafted this expansion, the class actually received one of the best sets of cards. Noticeably, several of these legendaries, including Ceridwen and Vania, seem to be somewhat overrated.

RARITY

Bronze46
Silver56
Gold65
Legendary71
This expansion featured an average score of 54.7, and a wide Legendary-Bronze gap of 25 points. Is this but hype over new token cards, or signs of another legendary-centric meta? We'll see in the post-expansion voting.