ThunderDominion Card Rankings
The ThunderDominion Card Rankings are community sourced card rankings with voting taking place on the Dominion Discord.
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Ranking Methods
ThunderDominion rankings are done within expansions and separated into Cards and Landscapes. Each list is created using the results of a series of votes on the Dominion Discord which stop when either a time limit is reached or there is a clear consensus. During the voting periods, people are encouraged to discuss and convince others of their position. So far, there have been two major list creations:
- October-December 2018, hosted by jsh357: in each round of voting, people were asked to vote for the best and worst remaining unranked card; the two cards that reveived a plurality of votes for best remaining and worst remaining were placed in the next highest and lowest spots, respectively
- July-September 2019, hosted by aku chi: in each round of voting, people were presented with a card and were asked to vote where in the partial list it should be inserted; the card was then inserted at the median vote
There have also been hot-take lists made directly after the releases of Renaissance (hosted by jsh357) and Menagerie (hosted by kaplane) with much shorter voting rounds. Both of these were done in the method used in 2018. The remainder of this article shows results from each ranking, sorted by expansion.
Base Set
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- | 2020 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chapel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sentry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Witch | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Throne Room | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Laboratory | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Artisan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -1 |
Militia | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 | 0 |
Village | 7 | 8 | -1 | 8 | 0 |
Festival | 11 | 13 | -2 | 9 | 4 |
Market | 14 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Smithy | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 | -2 |
Remodel | 12 | 11 | 1 | 12 | -1 |
Council Room | 13 | 14 | -1 | 13 | 1 |
Moneylender | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 | -2 |
Poacher | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Merchant | 15 | 16 | -1 | 16 | 0 |
Bandit | 18 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
Vassal | 19 | 20 | -1 | 18 | 2 |
Workshop | 16 | 18 | -2 | 19 | -1 |
Gardens | 23 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
Cellar | 20 | 21 | -1 | 21 | 0 |
Moat | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Library | 21 | 19 | 2 | 23 | -4 |
Harbinger | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Mine | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Bureaucrat | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Intrigue
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Masquerade | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bridge | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Torturer | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Steward | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Upgrade | 4 | 5 | -1 |
Minion | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Replace | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Swindler | 6 | 8 | -2 |
Ironworks | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Lurker | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Nobles | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Mining Village | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Patrol | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Conspirator | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Mill | 12 | 15 | -3 |
Courtier | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Courtyard | 17 | 17 | 0 |
Diplomat | 16 | 18 | -2 |
Wishing Well | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Pawn | 24 | 20 | 4 |
Baron | 21 | 21 | 0 |
Trading Post | 23 | 22 | 1 |
Secret Passage | 20 | 23 | -3 |
Shanty Town | 22 | 24 | -2 |
Duke | 25 | 25 | 0 |
Harem | 26 | 26 | 0 |
Seaside
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- | 2020 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wharf | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ambassador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
Ghost Ship | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Outpost | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Fishing Village | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Salvager | 8 | 12 | -4 | 6 | 6 |
Caravan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -1 |
Bazaar | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | -1 |
Lookout | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 | -1 |
Warehouse | 9 | 13 | -4 | 10 | 3 |
Lighthouse | 12 | 10 | 2 | 11 | -1 |
Smugglers | 15 | 9 | 6 | 12 | -3 |
Sea Hag | 11 | 11 | 0 | 13 | -2 |
Tactician | 14 | 15 | -1 | 14 | 1 |
Native Village | 13 | 14 | -1 | 15 | -1 |
Haven | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Island | 18 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Treasury | 17 | 17 | 0 | 18 | -1 |
Cutpurse | 19 | 20 | -1 | 19 | 1 |
Explorer | 20 | 19 | 1 | 20 | -1 |
Pearl Diver | 21 | 22 | -1 | 21 | 1 |
Treasure Map | 22 | 21 | 1 | 22 | -1 |
Embargo | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Pirate Ship | 26 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
Merchant Ship | 24 | 24 | 0 | 25 | -1 |
Navigator | 25 | 26 | -1 | 26 | 0 |
Alchemy
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Scrying Pool | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Possession | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Familiar | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Apprentice | 4 | 4 | 0 |
University | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Vineyard | 5 | 6 | -1 |
Alchemist | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Apothecary | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Golem | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Herbalist | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Transmute | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Philosopher's Stone | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Prosperity
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Goons | 1 | 1 | 0 |
King's Court | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Mountebank | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Worker's Village | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Grand Market | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Peddler | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Quarry | 5 | 7 | -2 |
City | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Watchtower | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Expand | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Rabble | 10 | 11 | -1 |
Forge | 14 | 12 | 2 |
Mint | 12 | 13 | -1 |
Bishop | 13 | 14 | -1 |
Monument | 17 | 15 | 2 |
Bank | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Hoard | 19 | 17 | 2 |
Loan | 15 | 18 | -3 |
Vault | 18 | 19 | -1 |
Talisman | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Trade Route | 21 | 21 | 0 |
Venture | 22 | 22 | 0 |
Contraband | 23 | 23 | 0 |
Royal Seal | 25 | 24 | 1 |
Counting House | 24 | 25 | -1 |
Cornucopia
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Tournament | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Remake | 1 | 2 | -1 |
Hunting Party | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Menagerie | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Horn of Plenty | 4 | 5 | -1 |
Hamlet | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Farming Village | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Young Witch | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Jester | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Fairgrounds | 9 | 10 | -1 |
Horse Traders | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Fortune Teller | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Harvest | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Hinterlands
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Margrave | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Highway | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Border Village | 2 | 3 | -1 |
Stables | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Spice Merchant | 3 | 5 | -2 |
Haggler | 5 | 6 | -1 |
Jack of All Trades | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Scheme | 7 | 8 | -1 |
Crossroads | 12 | 9 | 3 |
Develop | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Ill-Gotten Gains | 10 | 11 | -1 |
Fool's Gold | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Inn | 9 | 13 | -4 |
Embassy | 16 | 14 | 2 |
Oracle | 14 | 15 | -1 |
Cartographer | 15 | 16 | -1 |
Nomad Camp | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Tunnel | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Farmland | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Oasis | 17 | 20 | -3 |
Trader | 20 | 21 | -1 |
Silk Road | 22 | 22 | 0 |
Duchess | 26 | 23 | 3 |
Noble Brigand | 24 | 24 | 0 |
Mandarin | 23 | 25 | -2 |
Cache | 25 | 26 | -1 |
Dark Ages
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Cultist | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Urchin | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wandering Minstrel | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Hermit | 3 | 4 | -1 |
Counterfeit | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Junk Dealer | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Ironmonger | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Knights | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Forager | 7 | 9 | -2 |
Fortress | 9 | 10 | -1 |
Altar | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Market Square | 15 | 12 | 3 |
Hunting Grounds | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Procession | 13 | 14 | -1 |
Catacombs | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Bandit Camp | 14 | 16 | -2 |
Squire | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Count | 12 | 18 | -6 |
Rebuild | 22 | 19 | 3 |
Rogue | 28 | 20 | 8 |
Marauder | 19 | 21 | -2 |
Graverobber | 21 | 22 | -1 |
Storeroom | 24 | 23 | 1 |
Rats | 25 | 24 | 1 |
Armory | 20 | 25 | -5 |
Band of Misfits | 27 | 26 | 1 |
Scavenger | 23 | 27 | -4 |
Sage | 30 | 28 | 2 |
Vagrant | 26 | 29 | -3 |
Mystic | 29 | 30 | -1 |
Poor House | 31 | 31 | 0 |
Feodum | 33 | 32 | 1 |
Pillage | 35 | 33 | 2 |
Death Cart | 32 | 34 | -2 |
Beggar | 34 | 35 | -1 |
Guilds
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Butcher | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Stonemason | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Herald | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Plaza | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Advisor | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Doctor | 4 | 6 | -2 |
Journeyman | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Merchant Guild | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Soothsayer | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Baker | 8 | 10 | -2 |
Candlestick Maker | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Masterpiece | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Taxman | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Adventures
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Peasant | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Page | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bridge Troll | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Magpie | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Lost City | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Gear | 5 | 6 | -1 |
Dungeon | 3 | 7 | -4 |
Port | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Raze | 7 | 9 | -2 |
Amulet | 4 | 10 | -6 |
Haunted Woods | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Storyteller | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Transmogrify | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Relic | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Royal Carriage | 12 | 15 | -3 |
Ranger | 21 | 16 | 5 |
Swamp Hag | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Artificer | 15 | 18 | -3 |
Hireling | 22 | 19 | 3 |
Coin of the Realm | 14 | 20 | -6 |
Ratcatcher | 16 | 21 | -5 |
Distant Lands | 20 | 22 | -2 |
Messenger | 27 | 23 | 4 |
Wine Merchant | 23 | 24 | -1 |
Duplicate | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Treasure Trove | 25 | 26 | -1 |
Guide | 24 | 27 | -3 |
Giant | 28 | 28 | 0 |
Caravan Guard | 30 | 29 | 1 |
Miser | 29 | 30 | -1 |
Empires
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Villa | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Encampment/Plunder | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Groundskeeper | 2 | 3 | -1 |
City Quarter | 1 | 4 | -3 |
Overlord | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Catapult/Rocks | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Crown | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Forum | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Enchantress | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Wild Hunt | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Archive | 10 | 11 | -1 |
Chariot Race | 8 | 12 | -4 |
Patrician/Emporium | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Sacrifice | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Legionary | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Castles | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Charm | 17 | 17 | 0 |
Engineer | 13 | 18 | -5 |
Farmers' Market | 24 | 19 | 5 |
Capital | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Temple | 19 | 21 | -2 |
Settlers/Bustling Village | 21 | 22 | -1 |
Gladiator/Fortune | 23 | 23 | 0 |
Royal Blacksmith | 22 | 24 | -2 |
Events
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Donate | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Save | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pathfinding | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Lost Arts | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Inheritance | 3 | 5 | -2 |
Ferry | 4 | 6 | -2 |
Dominate | 13 | 7 | 6 |
Triumph | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Bonfire | 6 | 9 | -3 |
Summon | 9 | 10 | -1 |
Mission | 10 | 11 | -1 |
Travelling Fair | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Seaway | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Plan | 7 | 14 | -7 |
Alms | 11 | 15 | -4 |
Training | 14 | 16 | -2 |
Ball | 19 | 17 | 2 |
Windfall | 25 | 18 | 7 |
Borrow | 17 | 19 | -2 |
Advance | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Expedition | 18 | 21 | -3 |
Salt the Earth | 26 | 22 | 4 |
Delve | 22 | 23 | -1 |
Trade | 21 | 24 | -3 |
Conquest | 27 | 25 | 2 |
Scouting Party | 23 | 26 | -3 |
Pilgrimage | 24 | 27 | -3 |
Wedding | 28 | 28 | 0 |
Banquet | 29 | 29 | 0 |
Quest | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Tax | 32 | 31 | 1 |
Raid | 33 | 32 | 1 |
Ritual | 31 | 33 | -2 |
Annex | 34 | 34 | 0 |
Nocturne
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Vampire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Den of Sin | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Cursed Village | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Exorcist | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Shepherd | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Blessed Village | 5 | 6 | -1 |
Ghost Town | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Pixie | 12 | 8 | 4 |
Tragic Hero | 8 | 9 | -1 |
Monastery | 9 | 10 | -1 |
Cemetery | 10 | 11 | -1 |
Devil's Workshop | 7 | 12 | -5 |
Werewolf | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Necromancer | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Tormentor | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Skulk | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Pooka | 26 | 17 | 9 |
Secret Cave | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Changeling | 16 | 19 | -3 |
Conclave | 14 | 20 | -6 |
Sacred Grove | 19 | 21 | -2 |
Cobbler | 29 | 22 | 7 |
Guardian | 21 | 23 | -2 |
Leprechaun | 23 | 24 | -1 |
Idol | 24 | 25 | -1 |
Night Watchman | 22 | 26 | -4 |
Tracker | 27 | 27 | 0 |
Druid | 25 | 28 | -3 |
Faithful Hound | 28 | 29 | -1 |
Bard | 31 | 30 | 1 |
Fool | 32 | 31 | 1 |
Crypt | 30 | 32 | -2 |
Raider | 33 | 33 | 0 |
Renaissance
Cards
Card | Hot takes | 2018 | +/- | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recruiter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Silk Merchant | 15 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
Old Witch | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 | 4 |
Inventor | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 | 2 |
Lackeys | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Seer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -2 |
Sculptor | 18 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Treasurer | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -3 |
Priest | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 |
Spices | 23 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
Mountain Village | 13 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Cargo Ship | 14 | 15 | -1 | 12 | 3 |
Swashbuckler | 12 | 13 | -1 | 13 | 0 |
Experiment | 9 | 16 | -7 | 14 | 2 |
Border Guard | 19 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
Patron | 17 | 20 | -3 | 16 | 4 |
Research | 10 | 17 | -7 | 17 | 0 |
Hideout | 8 | 9 | -1 | 18 | -9 |
Flag Bearer | 22 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
Improve | 6 | 8 | -2 | 20 | -12 |
Ducat | 25 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 1 |
Scepter | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 | -4 |
Acting Troupe | 16 | 23 | -7 | 23 | 0 |
Scholar | 21 | 24 | -3 | 24 | 0 |
Villain | 24 | 25 | -1 | 25 | 0 |
Projects
Project | Hot takes | 2018 | +/- | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cathedral | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Sinister Plot | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Academy | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Sewers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Citadel | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Star Chart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
Innovation | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 | -2 |
Silos | 15 | 17 | -2 | 8 | 9 |
Canal | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Crop Rotation | 18 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
Pageant | 16 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
Guildhall | 14 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
Piazza | 12 | 14 | -2 | 13 | 1 |
Barracks | 11 | 15 | -4 | 14 | 1 |
Fleet | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 | -7 |
Capitalism | 1 | 10 | -9 | 16 | -6 |
Exploration | 20 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
Fair | 13 | 12 | 1 | 18 | -6 |
City Gate | 17 | 19 | -2 | 19 | 0 |
Road Network | 19 | 20 | -1 | 20 | 0 |
Menagerie
Cards
Card | Hot takes |
---|---|
Livery | 1 |
Wayfarer | 2 |
Bounty Hunter | 3 |
Village Green | 4 |
Mastermind | 5 |
Hunting Lodge | 6 |
Destrier | 7 |
Barge | 8 |
Displace | 9 |
Stockpile | 10 |
Snowy Village | 11 |
Sanctuary | 12 |
Paddock | 13 |
Coven | 14 |
Kiln | 15 |
Hostelry | 16 |
Groom | 17 |
Falconer | 18 |
Supplies | 19 |
Fisherman | 20 |
Cavalry | 21 |
Sheepdog | 22 |
Goatherd | 23 |
Scrap | 24 |
Animal Fair | 25 |
Black Cat | 26 |
Gatekeeper | 27 |
Cardinal | 28 |
Camel Train | 29 |
Sleigh | 30 |
Events
Event | Hot takes |
---|---|
Seize the Day | 1 |
Populate | 2 |
Transport | 3 |
Invest | 4 |
Banish | 5 |
Demand | 6 |
Stampede | 7 |
March | 8 |
Toil | 9 |
Delay | 10 |
Enclave | 11 |
Bargain | 12 |
Gamble | 13 |
Alliance | 14 |
Pursue | 15 |
Desperation | 16 |
Commerce | 17 |
Enhance | 18 |
Reap | 19 |
Ride | 20 |
Promos
Card | 2018 | 2019 | +/- |
---|---|---|---|
Governor | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Captain | - | 2 | - |
Black Market | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Sauna/Avanto | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Envoy | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Church | - | 6 | - |
Walled Village | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Dismantle | 7 | 8 | 1 |
Prince | 6 | 9 | -1 |
Stash | 8 | 10 | 0 |