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Magic Archer
Hero Magic Archer· Hero form
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Magic Archer is a 4-elixir Legendary Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Magic Archer), played in 4.8% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Magic Archer and Hero Magic Archer from live ladder data, what counters Magic Archer, what Magic Archer beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Magic Archer is fielded as the Hero variant of Magic Archer. Ladder decks below include both forms — ranked by real play rate, not the win-chance model.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Magic Archer, not win-chance model scores. To score a full 8-card list with the machine-learning model and search automatic upgrades, open the Deck Lab. Open the Deck Lab
Card stats
- Elixir
- 4
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 4.8%
- Win rate
- 55.0%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 542 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Magic Archer & Hero Magic Archer decks
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Most-played ranked decks featuring Magic Archer or Hero Magic Archer, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Magic Archer
- FireballHard counter
- Mini P.E.K.K.ASoft counter
- BanditSoft counter
- LightningSoft counter
- MinerSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Magic Archer counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Berserker27% of its decks
- Bomb Tower48% of its decks
- P.E.K.K.A25% of its decks
- Wall Breakers45% of its decks
- Royal Delivery25% of its decks
- Fire Spirit36% of its decks
- Goblin Demolisher9% of its decks
- Electro Wizard27% of its decks
Cards played alongside Magic Archer far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Magic Archer?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Magic Archer or Hero Magic Archer right now is Bandit, Battle Ram, Electro Wizard, Fireball, Magic Archer, P.E.K.K.A, Royal Ghost, Zap, at 0.8% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Magic Archer in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Magic Archer are Fireball, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Bandit, Lightning.
- What cards go well with Magic Archer?
- In the current ranked meta Magic Archer is played most often alongside Berserker, Bomb Tower, P.E.K.K.A, Wall Breakers.
- How popular is Magic Archer right now?
- Magic Archer appears in 4.8% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Magic Archer?
- Decks running Magic Archer win 55.0% of the 542 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Magic Archer
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Magic Archer does not fit the deck.