Best Cards for Control Decks
Defensive decks that punish overcommitment and win through slow, surgical pressure. Ranked using the same public battle log data as the overall tier list, scoped to just Control battles.
Rank
Card
Win rate
Battles
Rating
#1
Graveyard
win condition
Win rate
63%
Battles
251
#2
Tornado
spell
Win rate
65%
Battles
203
#3
Barbarian Barrel
spell
Win rate
66%
Battles
183
#4
Bowler
support
Win rate
65%
Battles
171
#5
Freeze
spell
Win rate
67%
Battles
150
#6
Inferno Dragon
support
Win rate
65%
Battles
139
#7
Knight
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
126
#8
Baby Dragon
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
136
#9
Ice Wizard
support
Win rate
63%
Battles
121
#10
Poison
spell
Win rate
63%
Battles
134
#11
Giant Snowball
spell
Win rate
62%
Battles
102
#12
Golden Knight
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
113
#13
Vines
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#14
Princess
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#15
Little Prince
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#16
Zappies
support
Win rate
69%
Battles
86
#17
Skeletons
support
Win rate
68%
Battles
41
#18
Bomb Tower
building
Win rate
100%
Battles
3
#19
Flying Machine
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
2
#20
Goblin Demolisher
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#21
Super Witch
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#22
Balloon
win condition
Win rate
70%
Battles
89
#23
Goblin Gang
support
Win rate
88%
Battles
8
#24
Minions
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
60
#25
Ice Spirit
support
Win rate
70%
Battles
20
#26
Arrows
spell
Win rate
62%
Battles
66
#27
Rocket
spell
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#28
Bandit
support
Win rate
71%
Battles
28
#29
Skeleton Army
support
Win rate
72%
Battles
25
#30
Tombstone
building
Win rate
72%
Battles
25
#31
Hunter
support
Win rate
83%
Battles
12
#32
Goblin Hut
support
Win rate
61%
Battles
67
#33
Zap
spell
Win rate
62%
Battles
34
#34
Ram Rider
win condition
Win rate
64%
Battles
73
#35
Bats
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
25
#36
Minion Horde
support
Win rate
88%
Battles
8
#37
Executioner
support
Win rate
63%
Battles
71
#38
Mini P.E.K.K.A
support
Win rate
80%
Battles
10
#39
Electro Wizard
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
58
#40
Guards
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
24
#41
Night Witch
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
39
#42
Giant
win condition
Win rate
70%
Battles
46
#43
Phoenix
support
Win rate
80%
Battles
5
#44
Musketeer
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
45
#45
Lumberjack
support
Win rate
75%
Battles
16
#46
Wizard
support
Win rate
75%
Battles
28
#47
The Log
spell
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#48
Bomber
support
Win rate
58%
Battles
24
#49
Royal Ghost
support
Win rate
65%
Battles
20
#50
Ice Golem
support
Win rate
59%
Battles
17
#51
P.E.K.K.A
support
Win rate
65%
Battles
72
#52
Barbarians
support
Win rate
78%
Battles
9
#53
Valkyrie
support
Win rate
69%
Battles
16
#54
Fireball
spell
Win rate
54%
Battles
46
#55
Monk
support
Win rate
75%
Battles
8
#56
Goblin Cage
building
Win rate
65%
Battles
17
#57
Goblinstein
support
Win rate
71%
Battles
14
#58
Furnace
building
Win rate
59%
Battles
29
#59
Lightning
spell
Win rate
69%
Battles
32
#60
Electro Spirit
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
4
#61
Mighty Miner
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#62
Magic Archer
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#63
Tesla
building
Win rate
60%
Battles
15
#64
Spear Goblins
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
2
#65
Ronin
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#66
Miner
win condition
Win rate
50%
Battles
6
#67
Giant Skeleton
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#68
Spirit Empress
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
15
#69
Mega Knight
support
Win rate
63%
Battles
16
#70
Mother Witch
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
2
#71
Lava Hound
win condition
Win rate
61%
Battles
18
#72
Mega Minion
support
Win rate
40%
Battles
5
#73
Berserker
support
Win rate
33%
Battles
3
#74
Dark Prince
support
Win rate
40%
Battles
10
#75
Archers
support
Win rate
30%
Battles
20
#76
Skeleton Dragons
support
Win rate
33%
Battles
3
#77
Cannon
building
Win rate
17%
Battles
6
#78
Fire Spirit
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#79
Heal Spirit
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#80
Goblins
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
2
#81
Rage
spell
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#82
Goblin Curse
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#83
Skeleton King
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#84
Archer Queen
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#85
Witch
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#86
Void
spell
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#87
Boss Bandit
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
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