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Ancient One Sheet[]
An Ancient One sheet with its Mysteries and Research cards (Azathoth here)
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Each Ancient One has two unique decks of cards: the Mystery deck and the Research deck. Some Ancient Ones also have a Special Encounter deck called out in their setup effect. Each card can be identified by an illustration of its corresponding Ancient One on the card’s back.
Starting Doom[]
- Main article: Doom
Mythos Deck[]
- Main article: Mythos
Mysteries[]
- Main article: Mysteries
Each Ancient One comes with its own set of Mysteries which reinforce the thematic is and is often accompanied by one or more types of Special Encounters. The number of Mysteries to solve to defeat the Ancient One and the size of the Mystery deck may differ from one to another but are usually 3 out of 6.
Ancient Ones List[]
A more detailed list for the Ancient Ones with their original set and setup information like starting Doom, size of their Mythos deck and number of Mysteries (to solve/available). Please note that difficulties are not official and are instead related to general consensus and win/loss ratio statistics.
| Ancient One | Difficulty | Starting Doom | Mythos Deck Size | Mysteries | Notes | Set |
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 Abhoth
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Low | 14 | 16 | 3/6 |  | |
 Antediluvium
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Medium | 13 | 16 | 3/6 | Utilizes Mystic Ruins Encounter deck. |  |
 Atlach-Nacha
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Medium | 9 | 16 | 3/6 |  | |
 Azathoth
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Medium | 15 | 16 | 3/6 | ||
 Cthulhu
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High | 12 | 15 | 3/6 | ||
 Rise of the Elder Things
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Low | 16 | 20 | 4/8 | Utilizes Antarctica side board. |  |
 Hastur
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High | 11 | 17 | 2/8 |  | |
 Hypnos
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Low | 12 | 16 | 3/6 | Utilizes Dreamlands side board. | |
 Ithaqua
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Medium | 13 | 16 | 3/6 | | |
 Nephren-Ka
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Medium | 12 | 15 | 3/6 | Utilizes Egypt side board. | |
 Nyarlathotep
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Medium | 12 | 16 | 2/4 | | |
 Shub-Niggurath
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Medium | 13 | 16 | 3/6 | ||
 Shudde M'ell
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High | 15 | 16 | 3/6 | Utilizes Disaster deck. |  |
 Syzygy
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High | 13 | 18 | ?/6 | Utilizes Mystic Ruins Encounter deck. |  |
 Yig
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High | 10 | 16 | 3/6 |  | |
 Yog-Sothoth
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Low | 14 | 16 | 3/6 |