Anastasia Deck Guide — Might & Magic The Card Game

Anastasia is a Necropolis hero in Might & Magic The Card Game. Necropolis is the Undead faction — it wins by flooding the board with cheap creatures, recurring them endlessly from the Graveyard, and grinding opponents out in long games. If you like decks that turn every dead creature into more value, Anastasia is a perfect fit.

This guide covers how Necropolis wants to play, the key cards that hold the deck together, a sample Undead value list to start from, and the mulligan habits that win games before turn three.

What the tracked data says

Anastasia's Playstyle

Necropolis is a value attrition faction. Unlike aggressive decks that race for damage, Anastasia is rewarded for letting creatures die — because almost every payoff brings them back. Your game plan has three steps:

• Fill the board early with cheap Undead so you never miss a turn.
• Feed the Graveyard through trades; dead creatures are fuel, not losses.
• Recur and amplify — summon those creatures back, buff them, and out-grind the opponent.

Key Cards

These are the cards that define an Anastasia deck. Build around them:

Cost	Card	What it does
4	Amulet of Necromancy Rare	Whenever you summon an Undead creature, give it +2 Attack. Turns a swarm into real damage.
3	Necromancer Reinforcer Epic	Reduces the cost of your Undead by 1 — the engine that lets you flood the board.
4	Dance of the Dead Rare	Summon 3 cheap Undead from your Graveyard. A swing on a full Graveyard.
6	Soul Calling Common	Summon a Lingering Ghost for each creature in your Graveyard — your late-game payoff.
9	Atropos, Weaver of the Dead Legendary	Summon the 2 creatures with the highest cost from your Graveyard. Recursion on a body.

Sample Anastasia Deck (Undead Value)

A solid starting list. Treat copy counts as flexible — tune them with your own results.

Early game (cost 0–2)

Cost	Card	Role
0	Skeleton	Cheap body, Graveyard fuel
1	Lingering Ghost	Aggressive 2/1, recurs via Soul Calling
2	Necromancer Apprentice	Summons a creature from your Graveyard
2	Plague Zombie	Shrinks an enemy attacker on entry

Mid game (cost 3–5)

Cost	Card	Role
3	Putrid Ghoul	Grows every time a creature dies
3	Necromancer Reinforcer	Cost engine
4	Amulet of Necromancy	Swarm payoff
4	Banshee	Stuns a threat on entry

Removal & payoffs

Cost	Card	Role
2	Culling	Destroys a creature costing 3 or less
5	Mass Weakness	Blanks the enemy board for a turn
6	Soul Calling	Graveyard payoff
9	Atropos, Weaver of the Dead	Recursion finisher

The cards Anastasia decks actually run

Taken from 2,133 tracked Anastasia decklists. In decks is the share of those lists that included the card, with the raw count in brackets; win rate is how the lists containing it performed, shown only where at least 30 lists ran the card.

Cost	Card	In decks	Win rate
4	Corpse Harvester Common	93.9% (2,002)	61.9%
1	Rotting Zombie Common	93.3% (1,990)	62.0%
5	Shadow Image Rare	91.8% (1,959)	62.2%
3	Rotting Mummy Common	89.5% (1,909)	61.7%
3	Necromancer Apprentice Common	86.1% (1,836)	62.1%
4	Dance of the Dead Rare	77.1% (1,644)	61.5%
4	Fate Sealer Common	74.4% (1,588)	63.1%
9	Grim Reaper Epic	66.2% (1,411)	61.9%
3	Necromancer Reinforcer Epic	63.7% (1,358)	61.0%
7	Soul Calling Rare	63.1% (1,346)	61.3%
6	Ghost Dragon Epic	60.1% (1,281)	60.9%
2	Tactical Shot Common	55.7% (1,189)	60.3%
2	Culling Common	55.0% (1,174)	62.4%
10	Siham, Spirit Severer Legendary	52.9% (1,128)	59.4%
2	Wretched Ghoul Common	52.7% (1,125)	62.4%
7	Vampiric Ritual Legendary	47.8% (1,020)	60.6%
3	Putrid Ghoul Common	45.3% (966)	62.6%
9	Atropos, Weaver of the Dead Legendary	43.4% (926)	60.0%

Highest win rate among the commonly-played cards here is Fate Sealer at 63.1%, from the 1,588 lists that ran it. Inclusion measures what people build, not what wins — where the two columns disagree is usually the interesting part.

Deck archetypes

These are grouped by what the lists actually contain, not by what anyone called them. A group appears here only when several different players have independently built close to the same deck, so what follows describes the deck rather than quoting its owner. Together they cover 41.7% of the 398 distinct Anastasia lists on record; the remainder are one-off brews that resemble nothing else.

Mulligan Guide

Anastasia wants to act on every early turn. In your opening hand:

• Keep at least one 1- or 2-cost Undead so you curve out.
• Keep Necromancer Reinforcer — it makes the rest of your hand cheaper.
• Redraw expensive payoffs like Soul Calling or Atropos in your opening hand; they're dead early.

For the full keep-or-redraw framework, see our Might & Magic The Card Game Mulligan Guide.

Matchups & Tips

Matchup	Games	Win rate
vs Nur	730	59.5%
vs Anastasia	639	58.4%
vs Agrael	407	58.7%
vs Slava	351	66.4%
vs Sandor	228	76.3%
vs Giovanni	192	55.2%

Only matchups with 50 or more tracked games are listed. These are recorded from the Anastasia player's side, and because both sides are not equally likely to be running the tracker, a matchup and its mirror image will not add up to 100%.

• Vs aggro: trade early and often. Your creatures come back; theirs don't.
• Vs control: don't overcommit into board wipes — rebuild from the Graveyard instead.
• General: count your Graveyard before casting Soul Calling or Dance of the Dead; timing those for maximum bodies wins games.

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