Morgana
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Excellent (9.5/10)
Low Investment
Rare Relics OK
Morgana is one of the most reliable and powerful champions in the roster. Her capacity for board control is virtually unparalleled, making her a safe pick for almost any encounter, including high-difficulty Nightmare adventures. While her playstyle is slower compared to aggressive champions, the satisfaction derived from completely neutralizing enemy threats and the low resource investment required to reach her power spikes make her a top-tier choice for both new and veteran players.
Standard Control & Sustain
Increases consistency by ensuring Morgana is drawn early and reduces the cost of Dark Binding to facilitate constant board locking.
Provides a consistent source of Dark Binding every round, ensuring the enemy board remains suppressed indefinitely.
Significantly amplifies late-game control by doubling the effectiveness of Curses and Dark Binding, often making enemy hand management impossible for the AI.
Strategy
The objective is to stall the early game using targeted spells to apply Curses. Once Morgana is deployed, utilize the constant flow of champion spells to lock down the most significant threats. This build prioritizes absolute control over speed, making it nearly impossible to lose matches once the board state is stabilized.
Accelerated Scaling & Sustain
Generates Redoubled Valor to exponentially increase Morgana's stats, turning her into a massive threat that can end games in fewer attacks.
Provides Fated and Augment to scale stats further, while granting Overwhelm and Regeneration to ensure Morgana can safely close out the game.
Allows Morgana to absorb keywords and stats from allies, creating a singular, massive Lifesteal unit that ensures the Nexus remains at full health.
Strategy
This build addresses the primary criticism of the control build: its slow victory speed. By focusing on stat scaling, Morgana transforms from a pure defensive tool into an offensive raid boss. This approach is particularly effective in adventures with high health pools or time-sensitive mechanics like puffcaps.
Budget Nightmare Clearer
- Ensures that Morgana can always generate her champion spell to maintain board control.
Triggers Morgana's innate Lifesteal on all enemies simultaneously upon play, often healing the Nexus to full in a single action.
Provides the necessary spell mana each round to continue casting high-cost Curses and Dark Bindings without depleting unit mana.
Strategy
Designed for players lacking Epic relics, this setup leverages Morgana's base kit to survive the most aggressive Nightmare starts. Wicked Harvest is used as a defensive reset tool to recover from early damage, while GGC provides the necessary late-game suppression.
Other Relic Options
Protects Morgana from targeted removal, which is critical as she is the deck's primary stabilizer.
Doubles the stat gains from Curses and hand buffs, though its effectiveness is highly dependent on specific constellation nodes.
Provides a reliable source of Obliterate to remove permanent threats like Baron Nashor or Elder Dragon that cannot be easily handled by stunning alone.
Morgana is highly flexible; items like Z-Drive Prototype can be used to hunt for specific game-winning powers like Enfeebling Strike or Sorcery.
Constellation
Morgana features one of the smoothest power progressions in the game. Her utility is extremely high even at low stars, but her constellation upgrades significantly improve her quality of life and game speed. Most of her essential power is accessible by the 4th star, making her an efficient use of resources.
Bound Wings
When you target an enemy, Curse it with Shackles.
Crushing Guilt
+1 Starting Mana. Round End: Deal 2 to Cursed enemies and 1 to the enemy Nexus for each Curse in their hand.
Bound Wings II
Increase the cost of enemy Curses everywhere by 1. When you target an enemy, Curse it with Shackles.
Spellslinger
Your spells cost 1 less.Review
This upgrade is a major power spike. The cost reduction on spells allows for much more aggressive suppression and makes it easier to manage mana when dealing with wide enemy boards.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
The additional starting mana gem is critical for deploying Morgana a turn earlier. Accelerating her presence on the board allows her Lifesteal and play effects to stabilize the game before the AI can scale out of control.
Share My Torment
When you Curse an enemy, grant allies +1|+0.Review
This upgrade is considered low-impact for its cost. While it helps close games faster by granting attack power, it does not fundamentally change her win condition or address her primary weaknesses. Many consider this a luxury rather than a necessity, as she already clears all content effectively at lower star levels.
Gameplay Tips
- Hand Space Management.
Carefully monitor your hand size, especially when using Chemtech Duplicator or Echoing Spirit. Morgana generates a high volume of cards through Manifest and champion spells; failing to manage this can lead to 'burning' essential cards.
- Countering Full Hand States.
If an enemy hand is at the 10-card limit, new Curses cannot be applied. In these scenarios, avoid using targeted spells that don't deal damage and instead focus on trading units or using non-targeting removal to force the AI to play cards and open hand space.
- The Art of the Pass.
As a control champion, Morgana benefits from seeing the opponent's moves first. Passing priority often forces the AI to commit its mana to units, which you can then immediately suppress with Curses, effectively negating their entire turn's investment.
- Targeting Mechanics.
Morgana's powers trigger upon 'targeting' an enemy. This includes non-damaging spells and certain skills. Utilize cheap, multi-target effects (like Make It Rain if drafted) to apply shackles to several enemies at once for minimal mana cost.
- Lifesteal as a Resource.
Do not be afraid to take Nexus damage in the early turns to set up a better board state. Morgana's Lifesteal is incredibly potent; a single attack from a buffed Morgana can often restore half your total health, allowing you to treat your health pool as a temporary resource while you establish control.