Arena Tier List - Mage cards (March 2017)

If you've grown a little tired of banging your head against the same old decks over and over again in Hearthstone's Ranked Play mode, nothing will reignite your love for Hearthstone quite like a few days spent messing around in the Arena.

Variety is the spice of life in this part of the game, and you'll have to constantly think on your feet if you're to avoid being knocked out. You can win a maximum of 12 games in Arena, but you're knocked out after losing three. The longer you stay in, the bigger your rewards will be when you leave.

If you've yet to get stuck into this part of the game, you'll be presented with a series of three randomly selected cards, from which you have to pick a single one. This card is then added to your deck, and the process is repeated until you have the usual tally of 30 cards.

As a result of this drafting process, it's a lot harder to build the kind of highly efficient, synergistic decks that dominate in Ranked Play. For this reason, it becomes very important to make sure you're picking the cards with the very highest value at every stage of the drafting process.

We've collated a number of different opinions on what are considered to be the best cards to draft in Hearthstone's Arena and then re-appraised them based on our own experience. You'll find the results below, and you can switch between the different categories of cards as they come up in the draft.

Take a look further down the page for some important tips on actually drafting your Mage Arena deck.

Mage Arena Common card tier list - March 2017

Mage Arena Rare card tier list - March 2017

Mage Arena Epic card tier list - March 2017

Mage Arena Legendary card tier list - March 2017

Mage Arena drafting tips

- It's important to keep appraising your specific deck throughout the drafting process. By all means use this guide to pick out your first ten or so cards, based purely on raw value. From there on, however, you should think carefully about the make-up of your actual deck - it's OK to drop down a tier if there's a particularly powerful synergy up for grabs, for example.

- Once you've selected your first chunk of cards, you should review your deck and consider your weaknesses. Do you have any juicy removal spells to deal with any deadly minions that might show up in the late game, for example? Are you drafting a fast deck, or one that's more control-orientated?

- If you've got lots of very low-cost minions in your hand at this stage, prioritise fattening up your deck a little, and also make sure you take any card-draw effects or creatures that come your way. This will help you fill your hand back up if you lose everything to a board-wipe.

- On the other hand, if you've been drafting very high-cost creatures and spells, you should look to get a few more smaller minions in your hand. We like to go into Arena with at least half a dozen two-Mana drops, as you can't afford to lose the early-game.

- In the final ten picks, just shore up any strengths you have in the deck, and minimise any weaknesses. This is your last chance to get a balanced deck that can perform at every stage of the game, so make these final picks count!