Tier list all cards Challengers

[VooDooDoo]

For me a lot a very bad cards and one, too strong (Necromancer), who define the meta.

https://tiermaker.com/list/board-games/ ... 31/4954933

[Andrewsmile]

Interesting to see your perspective! Gangster in between sailor and clairvoyant in the A tier was a surprise to me, if you are interested in other tier lists this was done in the forums a year or two ago here:

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32181

[gpope]

Personally I would disagree that there are "a lot of very bad cards." I find that the power level of cards in a vacuum tends to matter less than the duplicates and synergies that you manage to find. I'd rather have 4x Merman 3x Navigator than 1x AI 1x Juggler 1x Stable Boy 1x Hermit 1x UFO 1x Necromancer 1x Mascot. There's also a vast gulf between most of what you call D and Clowns, or even Reporter.

Obviously, when you do luck into getting a lot of copies of a lot of strong cards that work well together then that's probably going to be an easy win. But it's often harder to put those together because other players are pursuing the same good cards.

[Teprok]

Vacuum Cleaner in D-tier is certifiably insane. I've been gathering data as I play the game, and based on cards that show up the most in winning decks, it gives me:

S-Tier

A deck: Sailor, Vendor, Butler
B deck: UFO, Clairvoyant, Necromancer
C deck: Illusionist, Vacuum Cleaner

A-Tier

A deck: AI, Stable Boy
B deck: Cowboy, Rubber Duck, Band, Mascot
C deck: Sci-Fi Geek, Villain, Bumper Car, Vampire

B-Tier

A deck: Skeleton, Hermit, Juggler
B deck: Pyrotechnician, Dog, Ghost, Mime, Bat
C deck: Champion, Submarine, Prince, Hologram

C-Tier

A deck: Make-Up Artist, Gangster, Pony
B deck: Shark, Cook, Sorcerer, Teenager, Alien, Clones, Horse, Lion
C deck: Fan-Bus, Teddy Bear

D-Tier

A deck: Spider, Talent, Cow, Treasure
B deck: Navigator, Knight, Comic Character; Lifeguard, Blacksmith, Director
C deck: Siren, Slime, Heroine, T-Rex, Werewolf, Bard, Kraken, Dragon

F-Tier

A deck: Jester, Cat, Shapeshifter, Movie Star, Parrot, Pig, Merman, Clown, Reporter

Rescue Pod not rated because the measure of showing up in final decks doesn't really apply to it. I'd say it's C-Tier personally. I'd say Shapeshifter is better than F-Tier as well, in fact it's kinda because of Shapeshifter that Sci-Fi Geek is so good.
I'll also say that this method overrates starting cards significantly, especially Champion, which I basically never pick but does show up in winning decks just by virtue of just never being cut. As for no B or C cards being in F-Tier, I actually think that's right. The worse cards there are still fine in multiples (or alone for the C-deck vanillas) - not great but not actual fails.

Based on my data, there'd be an argument that UFO and Clairvoyant are on a tier on their own. I sadly did not consign the number of games, but it's north of 500, and they've respectively shown up (meaning at least one copy) in a winning deck 119 and 118 times. Next best is sailor at 105.