Few sets have proven to be as much of a mistake as Throne of Eldraine. The first set utilizing the now infamous F.I.R.E. design ideology of MTG design, the set saw several cards banned from multiple formats and arguably broke formats spanning all the way back to Legacy. With such a storied history, there's plenty of mythics to cover and discuss, so today we're going to rank them all!
Thanks to both the buy-a-box promo and brawl decks, this makes Throne of Eldraine the first Standard set to feature a whopping 20 mythic rares in it. Because of this, and the lower quality of the lower end of the list, I'm merely providing a text list of the bottom rankings followed by proper write-ups for the top 10 (top 15 for larger releases). This is going to become the norm for sets featuring more than 16 mythics in them, as we'll see this quite a bit going forward with the upcoming write-ups for sets like Double Masters, Commander Masters, and Kaldheim.
With that out of the way, let's get to the rankings!
18. The Magic Mirror
14. The Royal Scions
Number Ten
I debated on where to start off the top ten for this list. Rankle had a remarkable pedigree in Standard, but rarely felt like the level of force that many cards higher on this list held. On the other hand, Alela saw basically no competitive play at all. However, it is in EDHREC.com's list of current top 100 commanders of all time, so I'm obligated to give it the nod for tenth place here. Alela provides great versatility, enabling flier-based decks while also rewarding large amounts of artifact and enchantment play at the same time. This allowed players a number of ways to build their deck and customize their lists with, which helped it to become such a popular option.
Number Nine
Sometimes it's easy to forget that Robber of the Rich is a mythic. Playing with it, it doesn't always feel like it is one, owing to a simple aggressive rate. What pushes it over the top, though, is its ability to exile cards from your opponents deck, as being utilized in an aggro meant you played out cards so fast that you'd likely have less cards in hand than your opponent. Not only did this rip away potential threats, but if you had the free mana, you could even cast the exiled cards, making Robber of the Rich quite a reliable threat at any point in the game.
Number Eight
At the time he was printed, Chulane was a fairly controversial legend. It just seemed to be too good of a value engine, providing too much card draw and mana ramp simultaneously for too little investment. This made it extremely popular in the command zone, but also provided other players playing against it with an experience they didn't enjoy quite as much. A powerful card, and deserving a strong placement on any ranking list for Throne of Eldraine, yet it remains a contentious one.
Number Seven
The myth, the meme, the legend. Questing Beast brings with it so much text that players would joke with one another to try and determine what the exact text of the card was, often forgetting a keyword or one of its many lines of text. Memes aside, Questing Beast provided a powerful top end to several Standard decks of the time and continues to see infrequent play in other formats since.
Number Six
Everyone loves a good bounce spell, and they're often solid stapled to a creature like Man-o'-War. Brazen Borrower provides flexibility in how you play it, giving you the option to play the bounce spell or the creature itself at instant speed. If it were just a simple 2/2 like the aforementioned Man-o'-War, this wouldn't be that good, but the fact that it came on a 3/1 evasive threat provided a great way to apply pressure. As a result, this made Brazen Borrower an extremely powerful card in several formats, continuing to see regular play today in Pioneer Izzet Phoenix.
Number Five
Players really love being able to sacrifice things for value. Korvold was designed for Brawl, and as such it's a no brainer that he was quite powerful and popular in Commander as a result. Because Brawl cards needed to pass through Standard, though, this also made Korvold a strong threat in competitive Constructed as well. Jund Sacrifice was a solid option as a variant on Rakdos Sacrifice in Standard and provided the archetype with a strong top end in Pioneer until it was pushed out by Ygra, Eater of All with Bloomburrow.
Number Four
Few cards are capable of making players sweat quite like Embercleave. If you're facing an opponent attacking in with a ton of creatures and open Red mana, you need to be wary of the overhanging presence of the card coming down at instant speed. Combined with powerful creatures like Anax, Hardened in the Forge and Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Embercleave became a dominant force in Standard the continues to be a terrifying threat after rotation.
Number Three
Korvold may be popular in Commander, but not nearly as much as Kenrith. Thanks to his tremendous versatility in play as a five-color commander with his multiple abilities, Kenrith currently ranks within the top ten commanders per EDHREC.com. That alone is worth a fairly high placement on this list, but his resume also extends into the competitive sphere where he saw play in Fires of Invention decks. Because Fires allowed you to play Kenrith for free, this enabled you to have plenty of open mana to activate his multiple abilities and close out the game.
Number Two
The Great Henge is a prime example of a card that excels in both Commander and competitive Constructed play. By now, it's pretty safe to say that most people know it much more as a Commander card. It's too difficult to get good value out of it most of the time in formats like Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy, but it's really easy to go nuts in a creature-heavy casual deck. Not only is it a powerhouse there, but during its Standard tenure, it saw a fairly wide range of play across a number of decks, as it was a lot more reasonable to utilize in that format comparatively.
Number One
One card on this list is so far above the pale compared to everything else it isn't even in the same country, never mind the ballpark. Oko is straight up broko, and his impact was felt immediately. The most powerful planeswalker of all time, Oko quickly dominated and was banned in Standard and was soon followed in Pioneer, Modern, and even Legacy on raw power. Even in formats like Commander its mighty and there's debate over whether or not it should be in Vintage Cubes given just how strong it is. Oko, Thief of Crowns isn't just the best mythic of Throne of Eldraine, but also the best card in the entire set and one of the mightiest cards in the game's 30+ year history.
Paige Smith
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