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
Barbarian Barrel
spell
Win rate
60%
Battles
704
#2
Tornado
spell
Win rate
61%
Battles
559
#3
Baby Dragon
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
549
#4
Graveyard
win condition
Win rate
61%
Battles
530
#5
Poison
spell
Win rate
62%
Battles
474
#6
Knight
support
Win rate
65%
Battles
380
#7
Heal Spirit
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
6
#8
Ice Wizard
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
322
#9
Skeletons
support
Win rate
63%
Battles
237
#10
Rage
spell
Win rate
100%
Battles
8
#11
Goblin Curse
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#12
Spear Goblins
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#13
Ice Spirit
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
205
#14
Firecracker
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
4
#15
Earthquake
spell
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#16
Royal Ghost
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
2
#17
Royal Delivery
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
2
#18
Elixir Golem
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#19
Freeze
spell
Win rate
60%
Battles
324
#20
Balloon
win condition
Win rate
59%
Battles
345
#21
Goblin Demolisher
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
2
#22
Mother Witch
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
2
#23
Hunter
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#24
Mirror
spell
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#25
Tombstone
building
Win rate
63%
Battles
209
#26
Arrows
spell
Win rate
73%
Battles
133
#27
Phoenix
support
Win rate
93%
Battles
27
#28
Inferno Dragon
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
253
#29
Ronin
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
4
#30
Little Prince
support
Win rate
86%
Battles
14
#31
Giant Snowball
spell
Win rate
56%
Battles
177
#32
Zap
spell
Win rate
73%
Battles
49
#33
Minion Giant
support
Win rate
90%
Battles
10
#34
Mega Minion
support
Win rate
76%
Battles
49
#35
Boss Bandit
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
1
#36
Spirit Empress
support
Win rate
100%
Battles
2
#37
Goblinstein
support
Win rate
62%
Battles
226
#38
Berserker
support
Win rate
71%
Battles
35
#39
Ice Golem
support
Win rate
70%
Battles
37
#40
Bomb Tower
building
Win rate
60%
Battles
188
#41
Archers
support
Win rate
56%
Battles
173
#42
Ram Rider
win condition
Win rate
69%
Battles
166
#43
Fire Spirit
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#44
Furnace
building
Win rate
83%
Battles
18
#45
Monk
support
Win rate
90%
Battles
10
#46
Fisherman
support
Win rate
75%
Battles
20
#47
Bowler
support
Win rate
59%
Battles
217
#48
Bomber
support
Win rate
57%
Battles
100
#49
The Log
spell
Win rate
67%
Battles
24
#50
Lumberjack
support
Win rate
62%
Battles
140
#51
Rune Giant
support
Win rate
80%
Battles
10
#52
Electro Spirit
support
Win rate
56%
Battles
39
#53
Guards
support
Win rate
61%
Battles
70
#54
Bandit
support
Win rate
68%
Battles
19
#55
Skeleton Army
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
44
#56
Minions
support
Win rate
64%
Battles
42
#57
Miner
win condition
Win rate
65%
Battles
26
#58
Golden Knight
support
Win rate
59%
Battles
108
#59
Vines
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#60
Fireball
spell
Win rate
64%
Battles
67
#61
Goblin Cage
building
Win rate
68%
Battles
38
#62
Electro Wizard
support
Win rate
54%
Battles
125
#63
Inferno Tower
building
Win rate
75%
Battles
8
#64
Electro Dragon
support
Win rate
71%
Battles
21
#65
Mega Knight
support
Win rate
75%
Battles
77
#66
Executioner
support
Win rate
65%
Battles
62
#67
Dark Prince
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
53
#68
Magic Archer
support
Win rate
67%
Battles
3
#69
P.E.K.K.A
support
Win rate
60%
Battles
178
#70
Musketeer
support
Win rate
61%
Battles
33
#71
Tesla
building
Win rate
63%
Battles
8
#72
Lightning
spell
Win rate
61%
Battles
94
#73
Princess
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
2
#74
Zappies
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
44
#75
Night Witch
support
Win rate
52%
Battles
29
#76
Bats
support
Win rate
42%
Battles
12
#77
Giant
win condition
Win rate
51%
Battles
41
#78
Witch
support
Win rate
53%
Battles
17
#79
Mini P.E.K.K.A
support
Win rate
46%
Battles
13
#80
Wizard
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
6
#81
Barbarians
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
6
#82
Prince
support
Win rate
50%
Battles
2
#83
Giant Skeleton
support
Win rate
54%
Battles
13
#84
Goblin Hut
support
Win rate
38%
Battles
8
#85
Cannon
building
Win rate
29%
Battles
7
#86
Lava Hound
win condition
Win rate
48%
Battles
23
#87
Skeleton Barrel
win condition
Win rate
25%
Battles
4
#88
Valkyrie
support
Win rate
29%
Battles
7
#89
Elite Barbarians
win condition
Win rate
27%
Battles
11
#90
Goblins
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
2
#91
Mighty Miner
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
2
#92
Battle Ram
win condition
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#93
Barbarian Hut
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
#94
Electro Giant
support
Win rate
0%
Battles
2
#95
Three Musketeers
win condition
Win rate
0%
Battles
1
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