Hitman Card Game Tier List

This tier list ranks Hitman Card Game cards by how often they steal or save a round when both players know the rules. It is not a rarity list — cosmetics in the shop do not appear here. Play value changes by mode, so Ranked exclusives have their own page: Ranked cards. Learn timings in the cards guide before you memorize letters.

Assumptions: default Casual deck, Starter Angels on, five-player table, you already understand How to Play. Solo 1v1 and full Teams notes sit under each rank.

S tier — round-defining

Angel (Support). Your life. Never donate it to Steal if you can throw a Bottom instead. Playing Angel ends the turn, cannot be Canceled, and lets you park Hitman at top / second / third / bottom / random. In Teams, you can spend it to save a teammate. Multiple Angels in hand license greedy draws.

Cancel (Quick Play). Stops almost everything except another Cancel and Angel. Hold it for Attack stacks, Steal-on-last-card, Inferno that would strip your Angels, and late Future. Mirror cannot copy Cancel, which makes Cancel the cleanest anti-Mirror tool.

Inferno (Quick Play). Burns every copy of a named card from all hands back into the deck. Best used to delete opponent Angels you are not currently saving against, or to strip Skips in a one-card endgame. If only one card remains in the deck, burned cards stack on top — a nasty extra draw trick.

A tier — always keep one

Skip and Reverse (Support). End the turn without drawing. Reverse also flips order, which only matters with 3+ players; in 1v1 it is a Skip. Save them for sub-10-card decks. Do not dump them while an Attack stack is sitting on you if you still have Angel — card advantage matters more than the extra turns.

Mirror (Wild). Copies the last pile card. The famous line is copying Angel to survive a Hitman without spending your real Angel. Also doubles Attack and Steal. Never Mirror Shuffle (you randomize a known deck). Never give Mirror away to Steal if you can help it.

Future (Support). Peek top three. Save for ~25%+ death chance or 2–5 cards left. Teammates share the vision in Teams. Expect Cancel when the table is crowded.

B tier — strong with setup

Attack (Target). Target takes two extra turns; stacks 2-4-6-8. Burst it. Self-Attack after a clean Future peek draws extra cards. Three or four Attacks including Mirrors usually force an Angel. There are more Attacks than Cancels in the deck — bait the Cancel first.

Steal (Target). Opponent chooses the card you receive. Only steal when they have one card left (often Angel) or when you can chain Steal + Mirror to empty a known Angel. In Teams, request-card exists, so stealing allies is a waste.

Chain (Quick Play). Locks that card type in hands for three turns. Best lock is Angel: a chained Angel cannot save a Hitman draw. Ranked players also Chain after Attack stacks to freeze counterplay.

Shuffle (Quick Play / New Shuffle). Full randomize. Play it when Hitman is known on top and you refuse to spend Skip. Quick Play Shuffle after an opponent Future or self-Attack wrecks their plan. In Ranked, Shuffle after they Angel-save creates a Cancel-or-die fork.

C tier — situational

Bottom (Support). Draw from the bottom instead of the top. The panic button when Hitman is known on top and you still need a card. Ends the turn by drawing, so you still cycle the deck.

Hitman (Death). Not a playable keep. The ranking is about how you place it after Angel. Top is a knife. Bottom is a stall. Random is a bluff when Future is out.

Mode swings

• Ranked: Pirate and Rewind jump to A/S. See Ranked cards.
• Teams: Shield (blocks Steal, Cancel, Pirate success, Inferno burn, Chain) and Super Attack (mass +2 turns on the other team) join A. Old Shuffle replaces Quick Shuffle.
• Vote / temporary: Redirect, Fake Shuffle, Clone — treat as tech until Vaulted.

Use this list with tips for when to switch from greedy early draws to Skip-lock endgames. Tiers are starting points, not excuses to auto-play Inferno the first time you see an Angel across the table.